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Battling cancer, Yankees trainer gets long ovation on his 38th Opening Day

By Ian O'Connor ESPNNewYork.com

NEW YORK - Gene Monahan started his Opening Day with a radiation treatment, and punctuated it with the thrill of his distinguished baseball life.

Web-based plan designed to provide trainers with more info

By John Schlegel / MLB.com

From the moment a player joins any organization in Major League Baseball, his baseball vital signs are well documented. With radar-gun readings, scouting reports and countless game statistics seemingly charting his every move, there's literally a book on every professional player.

For a trainer, the medical book needed on a player hasn't always been as accessible or as thorough, his vital signs sometimes harder to read.

December 7, 2009

Indianapolis- Chicago White Sox Minor League Coordinator Scott Takao has received the Professional Baseball Athletic Trainers Society's (PBATS) highest award as the top athletic trainer in all of the Minor Leagues.

December 7, 2009

Indianapolis- The Tampa Bay Rays athletic training team of Ron Porterfield, Paul Harker, and Nick Paparesta were awarded the Professional Baseball Athletic Trainers Society's (PBATS) Athletic Trainers of the Year award, at the baseball winter meetings.

Words seem a bit inadequate to describe the gratitude that my wife and I feel, after receiving numerous e-mails, cards, get well flowers and phone calls during (and following) my “cardiac adventure” in May of this year.

Baltimore: Richie Bancells, head athletic trainer of the Baltimore Orioles and current president of the Professional Baseball Athletic Trainers Society (PBATS), announced the winners of the 2009 Minor League Athletic Trainers of the Year awards. These awards are given annually to one member of each of the 16 Minor League divisions in baseball and an additional award is given to the Minor League Coordinator of the Year.

Club trainers are certified whereas personal trainers are not By Alyson Footer / MLB.com

When Carlos Beltran and Mike Cameron met in a gruesome face-to-face collision in the outfield at PETCO Park in 2005, Mets head athletic trainer Ray Ramirez tended to the mess that included blood, fractured bones and a concussion.

Longtime Orioles head Athletic Trainer Richie Bancells was inducted into the Maryland Athletic Trainers Association (MATA) Hall of Fame.

Press Release - Baltimore - Richie Bancells, head athletic trainer of the Baltimore Orioles and current president of the Professional Baseball Athletic Trainers Society (PBATS), announced the winners of the 2008 Minor League Athletic Trainers of the Year awards. These awards are given annually to one member of each of the 16 Minor League divisions in baseball and an additional award is given to the Minor League Coordinator of the Year.

Authored by:  Mike Reinold, Assistant Athletic Trainer Boston Red Sox  and Ken Crenshaw, Head Athletic Trainer Arizona Diamondbacks

By Jorge L. Ortiz, USA TODAY

The Detroit Tigers put emphasis on the oblique muscles, performing a series of exercises designed to strengthen the abdomen and avoid the kind of debilitating torso injuries that frequently afflict players.

It's understandable that players want to "turn the page" - to borrow one of their favorite phrases - on steroids.

It's understandable that some players are bitter about being named in the Mitchell Report while many of their peers got off scot-free.

Before the Cincinnati Reds take on the Boston Red Sox for a historic series this weekend, some of the players took to the field Friday morning to show youngsters how to be better ball players.

Major League Baseball has agreed to donate $1.5 million and other forms of support to the Taylor Hooton Foundation as part of an aggressive grassroots anti-steroid educational program, Commissioner Bud Selig announced on Tuesday.

Baseball Commissioner Allan H. (Bud) Selig and Taylor Hooton Foundation President Don Hooton jointly announced today that, over the next three years, Major League Baseball will provide $1.5 million and other forms of support to the Taylor Hooton Foundation as part of an aggressive grassroots anti-steroid educational program.

Sunday, June 8, 2008; Page D05

Since we've taken Derek Jeter to task here in the past for his defensive shortcomings, we thought it only fair that we credit him for what appears to be a vast improvement.

By Tom Haudricourt

The 2008 season began with a total of 109 big-league players on the disabled list. St. Louis and Florida topped the list with eight players each on the DL, and only Minnesota opened with a completely active roster.

Club trainers are certified whereas personal trainers are not
By Alyson Footer / MLB.com

When Carlos Beltran and Mike Cameron met in a gruesome face-to-face collision in the outfield at PETCO Park in 2005, Mets head athletic trainer Ray Ramirez tended to the mess that included blood, fractured bones and a concussion.

By Jim Salisbury
Inquirer Staff Writer

CLEARWATER, Fla. - Scott Sheridan watched Brad Lidge deliver the pitch. He saw Lidge grimace and immediately favor his right leg.

PBATS Honors the Best of the Best in Major League Baseball

Each year PBATS members are given the opportunity to vote for one team's athletic training staff that best embodies the ideals of professionalism...

PBATS recently announced its 2007 League Minor League Athletic Trainers of the year awards.