Olivo was originally signed as an undrafted free agent by the Oakland Athletics in 1996 and played in the A\'s minor-league system through 2000.\n', '

On December 13, 2000, he was traded to the Chicago White Sox as the player to be named later in an early trade for Chad Bradford. In July 2001, while playing for White Sox Class AA affiliate in Birmingham, Olivo was suspended for six games and barred from that year\'s All-Star Futures Game for using a corked bat. Olivo maintained the bat, which had an A\'s logo on it, had been given to him by a former teammate while playing in the Athletics system.\n', '

He made his major league debut on September 15, 2002 with the White Sox and hit a home run in his first Major League at-bat, off Andy Pettitte of the New York Yankees. He played 6 games that year, with 4 hits in 19 at-bats. He was the backup catcher for the White Sox for all of 2003 and the first half of 2004. In 166 games with the White Sox, he hit .245 with 14 homers and 58 RBI.\n', '

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