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Big Ben delivers autographs to patient, doc

Ben Roethlisberger delivers the football right on time.

The Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback came through with personalized, autographed balls for a teenage Mayo Clinic patient and his doctor -- replacing the fake autograph that the doctor gave on accident.

According to KAAL-TV Minnesota, in early August, Dr. John Stulak gave Seth Bayles, who is fighting a rare autoimmune disease, a football he thought was autographed by Roethlisberger, as provided by his brother. Bayles is from Wisconsin but is a big Steelers fan.

Roethlisberger's social media coordinator saw the story circulating online and messaged the TV station that the signature was not that of Roethlisberger, who sent a FaceTime video to Bayles and Stulak.