Scott Takao has seen just about everything there is to see in professional baseball medicine. As the Medical Administrator for the Chicago White Sox, Scott has spent nearly four decades with one organization, watching the profession evolve, the game change, and generations of players and staff come and go. On this episode, we sit down with Scott to talk about his journey, what nearly 40 years with one club teaches you about loyalty, longevity, and leadership, and what the future of athletic training in professional baseball looks like from someone who’s lived through its entire modern era.

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Hamstring injuries are one of the most persistent challenges in professional baseball — and two of the sport’s top sports medicine minds are breaking down why. In this episode of The Research Rundown, Philadelphia Phillies Assistant Athletic Trainer Joe Rauch and Atlanta Braves Physical Therapist Jeremiah Randall dig into the research behind hamstring injuries in baseball, covering everything from off-season training and spring training ramp-up to in-season management and setting athletes up for long-term success.

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In this episode of Inside Athletic Training, we sit down with LJ Petra, Head Athletic Trainer for the Miami Marlins. LJ spent over a decade working his way through professional baseball before stepping into the head role in Miami, where he leads a young staff and is doing the intentional work of shaping a program's culture from the ground up.

We talk about his career path, how he thinks about developing the athletic trainers around him, the importance of staff relationships, what he has learned about himself as a leader since taking the job, and much more.

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