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Pirates reliever David Bednar helps bring baseball to Mars Area Primary Center students

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Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher David Bednar helps first grade students with their throwing on Wednesday, April 27, 2022, at Mars Primary Center in Mars. The Pittsburgh Pirates organization donated baseball equipment to the school to be used in their physical education classes.
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First grade students howl with excitement as Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher David Bednar visits the school on Wednesday, April 27, 2022, at Mars Primary Center in Mars. The Pirates organization donated a stockpile of baseball gear for the school after physical education teacher Sara Coon reached out to the organization, explaining the school had no equipment and that students often ask to play baseball.
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Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher David Bednar fist bumps students as he arrives with the Parrot mascot on Wednesday, April 27, 2022, at Mars Primary Center in Mars. The Mars native and graduate of Mars Area High School surprised the students with autographs and a short baseball workshop, as well as a stockpile of new baseball equipment to use during their physical education classes.
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Mars Primary Center first grade student Hollyn Lagana gets help from Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher David Bednar on her pitch during a visit by the professional athlete, who is a Mars native and graduate of Mars Area High School, on Wednesday, April 27, 2022, at Mars Primary Center in Mars.
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Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher David Bednar greets first graders and signs autographs while arriving with the Pirates Parrot on Wednesday, April 27, 2022, at Mars Primary Center in Mars. The Pittsburgh Pirates organization donated baseball equipment to be used in physical education classes at the school.
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Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher David Bednar, left, and the Pirates Parrot, lead Mars Primary Center first grade students in physical education courses after Bednar and the Pirates organization donated a stockpile of baseball equipment to the school on Wednesday, April 27, 2022, at Mars Primary Center in Mars.

Pittsburgh Pirates relief pitcher David Bednar made a trip home Wednesday morning, and he brought some gear with him.

The Mars native made a surprise visit to see the first grade students at Mars Area Primary Center to deliver baseball equipment for physical education classes.

Sara Coon, the health and physical education teacher at Mars Primary Center, reached out to the Pirates to request baseball equipment so she could include the sport in her curriculum. The school didn’t have any baseball equipment and the students often ask to play baseball in her class.

The Pirates and Bednar fulfilled the request and donated gloves, bats and balls to the school.

Bednar spent the morning signing autographs and instructing the students in the fundamentals of the game during a baseball workshop.

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