MLB, through its MVP (Military Veteran Professionals) ERG, and in partnership with the U.S. Armed Forces, began its celebration of Military Appreciation Month by spreading the message and beauty of America’s national pastime at a PLAY BALL event at the United States Army Garrison, Fort Hamilton, in Brooklyn, N.Y.

Major League Baseball and the U.S. military teamed up in a first-of-its-kind summit on performance-enhancing drugs. MLB hosted the inaugural Performance Enhancing Substances Summit at the league's headquarters in New York in a joint effort with the Uniformed Services University's Consortium for Health and Military Performance and its Operation Supplement Safety (OPSS) program.