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Injuries slow Braves' Chipper Jones, Brian McCann

...pain after he threw high as Neil Walker stole second base in the 10th inning.David Ross replaced McCann after trainer Jeff Porter came on the field to confer with McCann. McCann made a couple of test throws to pitcher Scott Linebrink before leaving...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/sports/baseball/2011-07-27/injuries-slow-braves-chi
Trainer for Braves thankful for support

KISSIMMEE, Fla. - Atlanta Braves head athletic trainer Jeff Porter broke down in tears several times as he talked about his wife's death in an auto accident on New Year's Eve and the outpouring...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/sports/baseball/braves/2012-03-16/trainer-braves-th
Overtime

...31 doubles and 77 RBI in 118 games in 2011, when he made his second All-Star team.? The wife of Braves trainer Jeff Porter died Saturday when the sport utility vehicle she was riding in was struck by a Georgia State Patrol cruiser in downtown...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/sports/other-sports/2011-12-31/overtime
Overtime

...over the weekend to head trainer Jeff Porter, saying the team was "deeply...struck a Ford Expedition driven by Jeff Porter at the intersection of Memorial...Associated Press said. It added that Jeff Porter and two other passengers in the SUV...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/sports/other-sports/2012-01-02/overtime
Trooper in wreck that killed wife of Braves trainer fired

...public safety commissioner says the state trooper involved in a crash that killed the wife of Atlanta Braves trainer Jeff Porter has been fired.Col. Mark W. McDonough said Friday that Trooper Donald Crozier was terminated earlier in the day...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/latest-news/2012-01-06/trooper-wreck-killed-wife-br
National League Notes

...his right knee.Jones came off the DL on Monday after going through pregame tests under the supervision of trainer Jeff Porter .CARDINALS: Lance Berkman has a sore right shoulder and was not in the lineup against the Houston Astros, although...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/sports/baseball/2011-07-26/national-league-notes
Johnson's grand slam secures win

...I just wanted to put the ball in play hard." Johnson ran sprints before the game under the supervision of trainer Jeff Porter, and told Porter he was ready to play. Manager Bobby Cox decided to wait at least one more day to put Johnson in the...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/2008/04/06/bra_193837.shtml
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Chipper returns to lineup, still feels off on right foot

...Reitsma's rotten season is officially done. The reliever will have season-ending surgery within the month, head trainer Jeff Porter said Wednesday. What type is what's in question. He'll see Dr. James Andrews on July 17 in Birmingham, Ala...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/2006/07/06/bra_87935.shtml
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McCann set for Rome rehab stint

...a sprained left ankle, is eligible to come off the 15-day disabled list Thursday. After his workout with trainer Jeff Porter on Monday, McCann was optimistic he'll be ready Thursday. Rome began a four-game series at home against the Augusta...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/2006/06/06/bas_84264.shtml
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Braves likely to put McCann on DL

...side-to-side cutting movements, he pulled up abruptly and limped from the field. "He just found out what he can't do," Jeff Porter, the team's head trainer, said soon after McCann's aggravation of the injury. "If he can't do that by now...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/2006/05/27/bra_83103.shtml
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