Courtesy of RedWingsBaseball.com
ROCHESTER, NY – Rochester Red Wings athletic trainer Larry Bennese has been named to the International League All-Star staff, the league office announced Thursday.
Bennese has been selected to his fourth All-Star Game, joining three previous selections in the Florida State League. He becomes the third Rochester athletic trainer to be named since the game’s inception in 1988 and first since Tony Leo in 2009.
Bennese is in his fifth season with Red Wings and 22nd year in the Twins organization. He has been honored as Athletic Trainer of the Year seven times in his 29-year career, including 2014 by the International League.
The 30th annual contest will take place, for the first time, at historic Cheney Stadium in Tacoma, Washington on Wednesday, July 12 at 6:05 p.m. PDT. The game can be seen on MLB Network and heard on the Triple-A All-Star Game Radio Network.
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