ADAMS TWP — It’s no surprise David Bednar doesn’t want to be traded.

“He’s a true yinzer,” retired Mars baseball coach Andy Bednar said of his eldest son, David, the Pittsburgh Pirates’ all-star closer. “This is where he wants to be. This is where he wants to stay.”

That was never more evident than Saturday, when Bednar represented the Pirates in a variety of ways. He spent the morning at Cranberry Township’s Graham Park, taking part in the Pirates Fantasy Camp with the Miracle League All-Stars.

He worked with special needs athletes during that camp.

“David is proud to be from here and, since he’s been back, doesn’t take a moment of it for granted,” Bednar said. “He takes part in functions like that whenever he can.”

Sue Bednar, David’s mother, said: “I’m more proud of all of the charity work, the giving back he’s done here, than anything he’s done on the field. He and Casey (David’s wife) love working with the Miracle League.

“That made for a long day for him. But what a special way to start what turned into a special day.”

Saturday night’s game against Philadelphia at PNC Park was David Bednar Bobblehead Night. The bobblehead has a unique feature of playing the song “Renegade,” which serves as his entrance music when he takes to the mound for a home game.

The game was a sellout and Bednar wound up recording a five-out save, including inducing a dramatic game-ending double play ball.

“The way they shut all the lights down when he came in from the bullpen, the reaction and noise ... the atmosphere was electric,” his father said.

The family was well-represented in the stands.

Between extended family and friends, David Bednar was represented by 120 people filling up the Skull Bar and another 60 to 70 more in the section directly underneath.

That representation did not solve the family’s bobblehead issue.

“It’s become a hot commodity,” Sue Bednar said, laughing.

“We have about 20 of them right now,” Andy Bednar said of the bobbleheads. “Between family, friends, Mars teachers, former coaches ... We need about 200 of those things to pass around.

“It’s all been fun. To be thought of highly enough by the organization to have your own bobblehead night is high praise. I can’t say we ever expected anything like that to ever happen.”

His son’s numbers have earned such recognition.

Through 41 appearances this season, David Bednar is 3-1 with a 1.27 earned run average and 21 saves in 22 opportunities. He has 54 strikeouts in 42.2 innings pitched.

“No. 1,044 (in the 2016 MLB draft) and here we are now,” Bednar’s mother said. “David used to collect bobbleheads. We still have a number of them floating around here.

“I never, ever expected there would be a bobblehead of him. It’s a pretty good likeness, too. Even when he made the major leagues ... You just never think he’d have a bobblehead night.”

Bednar has become one of the top closers in the game and a sought-after commodity by other clubs as the MLB trade deadline arrives Tuesday.

“It’s a business and David understands that ... He was traded here in the first place,” his father said. “But all of this young talent the Pirates have brought up, he really wants to see this through and be part of the turn-around. That’s the goal.

“David was in college, but was around back in 2015 when the Pirates were winners. He remembers the huge crowds and the excitement. He badly wants to be here when that returns.”

He’s even responsible for the “Renegade” connection.

“When he was traded to the Pirates, he had to come up with an entrance song for when he entered games,” Andy Bednar said. “He’s such a yinzer, such a Steelers fan, the Renegade thing was a no-brainer. “It just made sense.”

“As soon as he learned he was coming to the Pirates, Renegade as his entrance music practically came in the next breath,” Mrs. Bednar said.