Braves trainer Jeff Porter at work

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Braves trainer Jeff Porter at work

Head athletic trainer Jeff Porter has been a staple at Braves games for years, attending to the needs of players and even umpires.

Braves head athletic trainer Jeff Porter pauses in the dugout while the Braves play the Pirates on Tuesday, June 4 , 2013, in Atlanta. CURTIS COMPTON / CCOMPTON@AJC.COM

Braves head athletic trainer Jeff Porter watches from the dugout as the Braves play the Pirates on Tuesday, June 4 , 2013, in Atlanta. CURTIS COMPTON / CCOMPTON@AJC.COM

Braves head athletic trainer Jeff Porter gives outfielder B.J. Upton a high five after he hit a home run against the Pirates on Tuesday, June 4 , 2013, in Atlanta. CURTIS COMPTON / CCOMPTON@AJC.COM

Braves head athletic trainer Jeff Porter sits in the dugout watching as the Braves play the Pirates on Tuesday, June 4 , 2013, in Atlanta. CURTIS COMPTON / CCOMPTON@AJC.COM

Braves trainer Jeff Porter cools off plate umpire Frank Pulli with a wet towel during the 3rd inning of the Mets-Braves Saturday afternoon game at Turner Field in 1997. (AJC Staff Photo/Celine Bufkin)

Braves' Chipper Jones, center, gets helped off the field by manager Bobby Cox, left, and Jeff Porter on Sunday, June 22, 1997, after an infield collision. The Braves defeated the Phillies 12-5. (AP Photo/Dan Loh)

Braves infielder Mark DeRosa is attended to by trainer Jeff Porter as he is taken from the field on a cart Saturday, Sept. 25, 2004, in Atlanta. DeRosa injured his right knee whiling diving for a ball hit by Florida Marlins' Juan Pierre in the seventh inning. (AP Photo/John Bazemore)

Atlanta Braves pitcher John Smoltz grimaces in pain after injuring his throwing hand while tagging out Washington Nationals' Austin Kearns during an attempted squeeze play, Monday, May 14, 2007, in Washington. Smoltz left the game. (AP Photo/Haraz N. Ghanbari)

Braves trainer Jeff Porter, left, takes Jose Constanza to the dugout after Constanza was injured during the sixth inning of a baseball game against the Chicago Cubs, Monday, Aug. 22, 2011, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)

Braves catcher Javy Lopez, right, gets an eye test from Jeff Porter after being hit in the head. STAFF PHOTO BY: MARLENE KARAS

Braves trainer Jeff Porter and manager Bobby Cox check on John Thomson in the bottom of the first after he reinjured his side muscle. (W.A. BRIDGES JR./AJC STAFF)

Braves head trainer Jeff Porter (left) attends to catcher Johnny Estrada after an eighth-inning collision with the Angels' Darin Erstad on June 6, 2005. (BEN GRAY/AJC staff)

Braves manager Bobby Cox, center, and trainer Jeff Porter, right, check on starting pitcher Terry Mulholland in 2000. STAFF PHOTO BY: MARLENE KARAS

Braves' assistant trainer Jeff Porter uses a towel soaked in ammonia water to cool off Atlanta center fielder Andruw Jones in 1998. (DAVID TULIS/AJC Staff)

Braves infielder Edgar Renteria is helped off the field after being injured in the 7th inning against the Houston Astros at Turner Field Thursday August 2, 2007. Brant Sanderlin/ AJC Staff)

Braves catcher Jarrod Saltalamacchia is checked on by Braves manager Bobby Cox (left) and trainer Jeff Porter in 2007. (JOEY IVANSCO/ AJC staff)

Jeff Porter (left) joins the fun on the bench with Braves players in 2006. (JENNI GIRTMAN/AJC staff)

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Braves head athletic trainer Jeff Porter pauses in the dugout while the Braves play the Pirates on Tuesday, June 4 , 2013, in Atlanta. CURTIS COMPTON / CCOMPTON@AJC.COM

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