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Pre-Season, Game 1 - Steelers @ Eagles1063 viewsAugust 9, 2012: Ben yells at his offense in the first quarter.

Photo: AP

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Pre-Season, Game 1 - Steelers @ Eagles1600 viewsAugust 9, 2012: Ben was the official greeter of the Pittsburgh Steelers during pre-game warm-ups! :-)

Photo: AP

*Click on any photo for a larger version.

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Pre-Season, Game 1 - Steelers @ Eagles1274 viewsAugust 9, 2012: Cheerleader Ben greets teammates after a touchdown.

Final Score: Steelers 23, Eagles 24

Photo: Getty Images

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Pre-Season, Game 1 - Steelers @ Eagles973 viewsAugust 9, 2012:

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Training Camp - August, 2012660 viewsPhoto: Wendy Bennett

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Training Camp - August, 2012604 viewsBig smile from Emmanuel Sanders!

Photo: Wendy Bennett

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Training Camp - August, 2012539 viewsCoach Tomlin practices his "mean face" during...well, practice!!

Photo: Jennifer McGee

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Training Camp - August, 2012582 viewsHEATHHHHHH!!!!

Photo: Jennifer McGee

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Training Camp - August, 2012482 viewsPhoto: Lexi Fanty

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Maison Fetty...789 viewsFrom her proud mom, Melissa:

This is Miss Maison! She is not only a die hard Steeler fan; she is a die hard Ben fan. Ben is her favorite player on the Steelers, she even shh's us when he is on TV and tells us to "be still! Ben is talking". The gesture she is doing with her little hands is what she always does when she watches football or is hamming for the camera in her jersey. There is a funny story about it, she was in kindergarten last year and they had jersey day at her school. In class they were learning sign language. When the teacher asked the class what that symbol stood for, Maison raised her little hand and told her teacher "Touchdown Steelers". The teacher giggled and asked her how she came to that assumption, she smiled and said " because when Ben throws a TD pass that is what he does". The teacher loved it and told me about it because she is a Steelers fan as well and was hoping that is what Maison told her.

Just when you underestimate what your child may or may not know, they suprise you. She was teased in school because her jersey was not pink, but instead of not wearing her jersey anymore, she told the other kids that hers is just like Bens and Ben does not wear pink. She is excited about the upcoming season and seeing Ben on the field and hopefully winning another SB. They seem to hit her even yrs, since I got pregnant with her. Ben won his first one , when I was pregant with her, and he won his second when she was two. They went again when she was four and she turned 6 on July 17. So we believe in this house that it is our year and look forward to the season. Good Luck with the season Ben and good luck to you and your lovely wife on the upcoming birth of your child. Hopefully this year we get to see you and your beautiful family in NO in February.

Melissa Fetty

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August 3, 2012 - The "Ben shoe journey"643 viewsMickey Mouse is only too happy to sign Big Ben's jersey, at the request of Jeffrey Metz! You can read his story here in the album or here:

http://bigben7.com/a-special-fan-friday/

*Thank you to Mickey Metz and his nephew, Jeffrey!

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July 27, 2012 - Jeffrey Metz930 views This is a story about a young man and his courage. Jeffrey Metz was born in San Diego, CA with cerebral palsy. My name is Mickey Metz, Jeffrey's uncle. I'm originally from the north side of Pittsburgh, but have been living in Orlando, FL since 1985. We have family in Mt. Pleasant, PA so I decided to invite Jeffrey to go on a road trip to Steelers training camp with me, my son, and my brother. His parents were reluctant to allow him to fly by himself to Orlando because of his physical disability, but Jeffrey won out and flew from Bakersfield, CA to our home in Orlando to start the road trip to Pennsylvania. He flew 3,000 miles and rode for 1,200 miles.

Friday, July 27, 2012, the first day of camp open for the public was the day that changed Jeffrey's life forever.

We arrived at Saint Vincent College in Latrobe, PA at noon. Upon arriving I sought out several staff members to see if there was any assistance (a wheelchair) for Jeffrey to get to the playing fields and unfortunately they couldn't provide any. We weren't sure how to get Jeffrey down the hillside from the handicap parking lot but Jeffrey knew the only chance he had to meet his favorite player, Ben Roethlisberger, was to climb down all the steps to the playing field. So even with a major fear of steps, he made it to the bottom - one slow step at a time, with crutches, to watch the players on the field.

After practice, Jeffrey climbed down the few remaining steps to the field level in hopes that Ben would notice him wearing his #7 jersey. However, Ben walked the opposite way from us to the other side of the grandstand to sign autographs. Still determined, Jeffrey climbed back up the stairs, walked to the other side and then back down the steps to the side where Ben was. Unfortunately, by this time Ben was already a distance away from where Jeffery was. Other fans noticed Jeffrey and his obvious desire to get Ben's attention, so they started chanting, "Ben, Ben, Ben", but Ben didn't realize what was happening, so he just smiled at the fans and kept moving down the line signing more autographs. Jeffrey was not giving up! He walked along the hillside around another large group of fans to get along the fence in hopes that Ben would still be signing at the end of that row where he now stood.

Ben finally reached Jeffrey and signed his football. He also stopped to take a photo with Jeffrey (above)....

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