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Neal Huntington Makes It Official: Rinku and Dinesh Are Pirates
walkoffwalk.com - 11/25/2008
Neal Huntington Makes It Official: Rinku and Dinesh Are Pirates
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That's a screenshot of MLB.com as of 7:30PM EST, displaying our Indian heroes in all their glory. They're the top story because Pittsburgh Pirates general manager Neal Huntington has made it official : Rinku Singh and Dinesh Patel are now professional baseball players. "The Pirates are ...
Baseball Yatra is Great Success: Pirates Sign Rinku and Dinesh
walkoffwalk.com - 11/24/2008
Baseball Yatra is Great Success: Pirates Sign Rinku and Dinesh
— walkoffwalk.com — My favorite new Japanese baseball blog NPB Tracker has the biggest and best news of the week : the Pittsburgh Pirates have signed our favorite Indian contest winners Rinku Singh and Dinesh Patel to minor league contracts! Hopefully, this means ... (more) Baseball Yatra is Great Success: Pirates Sign Rinku and ...

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Bucs sign pair of Indian hurlers | pirates.com: News
pittsburgh.pirates.mlb.com - 11/24/2008
Bucs sign pair of Indian hurlers | pirates.com: News
— pittsburgh.pirates.mlb.com — PITTSBURGH -- The Pirates, who have emphasized a need to find talent via every available outlet, have gone where no team has gone before. On Monday, the Pirates signed two young Indian pitchers, 20-year-old right-hander Dinesh Patel and 19-year-old ... (more) Bucs sign pair of Indian hurlers | pirates.com: News

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Scouting Reports on Rinku Singh and Dinesh Patel
eastwindupchronicle.com - 11/25/2008
Scouting Reports on Rinku Singh and Dinesh Patel
— eastwindupchronicle.com — We’ve been following the saga of Dinesh Patel and Rinku Singh since they won the Million Dollar Arm contest. Since they just signed with the Bucs, we though it would be useful to readers to get some information on the players and their ... (more) Scouting Reports on Rinku Singh and Dinesh Patel

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Vent About Sports — ... The Pittsburgh Pirates sign those two pitchers from India (Walk off Walk). I guess their careers are over before they even started. The NFL is going to experiment with 3D this weekend with the Chargers vs Raiders game (Steady Burn) ...

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