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Episode 140: Jeremy Harris on Culture, Mentorship, and His Role with the Cleveland Guardians

2026-09-1747:24

In this episode of Inside Athletic Training, we sit down with Jeremy Harris, Director of Minor League Medical Services for the Cleveland Guardians. Jeremy talks about what it actually takes to oversee player health across an entire minor league system, how he thinks about building a culture within a large and constantly changing medical staff, and what mentorship has meant to his own career, how he pays it forward to the athletic trainers coming up behind him, and much more. For more in...

Episode 139: Ron Porterfield on Three World Series Rings, Building the Rays Program, and a Hall of Fame Career

2026-09-1046:29

Few people in professional baseball have seen and done what Ron Porterfield has. Over the course of a career spanning nearly four decades, Ron built one of the most respected sports medicine programs in the game with the Tampa Bay Rays, served as President of PBATS, and has now been part of three World Series championship clubs with the Los Angeles Dodgers. In this episode, Ron takes us through the full arc of his career, from his early days in the minor leagues to the major league level, wha...

The Research Rundown (Ep. 7): Dave Yeager on Individualized Movement, Load Tolerance, and the Evolution of Clinical Practice

2026-09-0343:39

In episode 7 of the Research Rundown, Paul Buchheit and Joe Rauch sit down with Dave Yeager to dig into one of the most meaningful evolutions in his clinical practice — the shift from a broad, generalized approach to something far more precise and individualized. Dave calls it going from shotgun to sniper. Over years of working with professional athletes, he has refined the way he thinks about each player's capacity, load tolerance, and movement patterns, moving away from one-size-fits-all pr...

Episode 137: The Road to the Show with Bob Tarpey of the Los Angeles Angels

2026-08-2738:34

Bob Tarpey spent 20 years building a career in professional baseball's medical world, working his way up through the Blue Jays, Mets, and Angels organizations before finally reaching the Major League level this year. Along the way, he earned Midwest League and Eastern League Athletic Trainer of the Year honors, was named PBATS Minor League Athletic Trainer of the Year, and represented the World Team as ATC at the MLB Futures Game. In this episode, Bob joins Inside Athletic Training to talk ab...

The Research Rundown (Ep. 6): The Science Behind Red Light Therapy with Joe Rauch (Phillies) and Jacob Newburn (Rangers)

2026-08-0640:29

The Research Rundown continues with Episode 6, where host Joe Rauch (Philadelphia Phillies) sits down with Jacob Newburn (Texas Rangers) to unpack one of the hottest trends on the training room floor: red light therapy. From wearable clothing, and infrared saunas, red and near-infrared light have exploded into the recovery space — but what's actually happening at the cellular level? Drawing on his co-authored research for PBATS, Newburn breaks down the wavelengths that matter, how photobiomod...

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