A major league baseball team is expected to name a woman as its new physical therapist, according to ESPN.
Sue Falsone, who will join the Los Angeles Dodgers baseball club as head physical therapist and athletic trainer, will be the first woman to serve in that capacity for a team of the four major sport leagues in the U.S., which are baseball, hockey, football and basketball. Presently a vice president at Athlete's Performance in Phoenix, a popular offseason training site for professional baseball players, Falsone has served as a consultant with the Dodgers since 2007.
"I can't imagine anyone more equipped to get that position, both from an intelligence perspective and the makeup of her personality," said retired pitcher Curt Schilling, presently an ESPN analyst. "She was destined for this."
The Los Angeles Times reports Falsone was popular with Dodger players when working them and helping them recoup from their various injuries.
News about Falsone taking on the top physical therapy job with the Dodgers comes just prior to the end of the month of October, which is National Physical Therapy Month, according to the American Physical Therapy Association.