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Pittsburgh Pirates’ ‘Future’ in Safe Hands as Russell Wilson & Ciara Hype Son Playing Baseball

Published 05/06/2024, 12:15 AM EDT

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Russell Wilson’s son Future Zahir Wilson is already a budding all-rounder as a sports enthusiast. On many occasions, we’ve seen the father-son duo take a crack at their favorite sports like football and basketball. Remember the time when the Steelers QB took his son to the NBA All-Star game where he met Steph Curry?

This time is a bit different as the former Super Bowl winner watches his stepson take a crack at baseball and excel at it. The QB did not take time to hype up the little star tagging the Pittsburgh Pirates, indicating a look at the skills of the rising player. The story he uploaded showed little Future Zahir displaying his Baseball skills, following in the footsteps of his dad.

Russell Wilson and his wife hype their son ‘Future’

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The Steelers QB took to Instagram and shared a few glimpses of his son playing baseball. He might have hit the ball hard the way he was scrambling for runs. As he ran from base to base, we can hear people in the background of the video shouting “Go! Go! Go!” Wilson’s Instagram Story was captioned, “Future rollin! 💨💨💨, and featured the Pittsburgh Pirates ad Ciara in the mentions.

Later on in the other stories, Future and his teammates could be seen celebrating after their victory, per Wilson. The kids were seen dancing as PSY’s Gangnam Style played in the background. He wrote in the Story, “Boys love winning.” Consequently, upon scrolling further in Wilson’s Stories, we saw that he took his son to play football recently as well.

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Ciara also shared a video of their son playing football with other kids and just like his father, little Future has taken it upon himself to be the quarterback of the team. Russ couldn’t hold back his pride as he captioned the story, “Future with the Old School QB Dropback Smooth!!” and labeled it, “Proud dad,” at the bottom. We can see the kid taking a step back before launching the ball, showing that he has been keeping a close eye on his father’s game.

While football and baseball seem to be his all-time favorites, little Future has also shown inclination toward Basketball. His skills seem to be great in all three sports, particularly basketball as he got lessons from Steph Curry himself!

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Russell Wilson is getting the best out of his kids!

It was the NBA All-Star game when the Steelers QB took his son to Indianapolis for the game. Zahir was seen practicing and shooting continuously on the court alongside Steph Curry, who was teaching him to shoot in the correct posture. Golden State Warriors shared the video on X and captioned it “Leader, Mentor, All-Star,” praising Curry.

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Russell Wilson had also shared an update on the same in his story, highlighting how proud he is of his son to take up various sports and excelling in all athletic fields. He seemed to be celebrating the young boy and providing him all the right opportunities to succeed in his desired field.

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