Blazek helps Brewers host youth at PLAY event

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MILWAUKEE — Hours before the Brewers and Reds took the field on Friday, Miller Park was full of Little Leaguers roaming the outfield alongside reliever Michael Blazek and living out the dream of playing on a big league field as a part of the PLAY campaign.

A national public awareness camp to promote the importance of a healthy and active lifestyle for children, PLAY will host events in all 30 Major League ballparks in 2016. On Friday afternoon, Blazek and members of the Brewers medical staff led more than 100 participants through various stations. The stations touched on healthy eating, injury prevention, conditioning and the dangers of performance enhancing drugs.

The participants each received T-shirts that read “All Me PED Free” on the back and had the opportunity to get autographs from Blazek afterward. The right-hander addressed the participants following about two hours of going through the stations …

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