npbtracker.com - 11/24/2008
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Found on Yahoo! Japan: the Pirates have signed Indian pitchers Dinesh Patel and Rinku Singh . EastWindupChronicle had a detailed report on Patel and Singh earlier in the month. The two signed minor league contracts and will participate in the Pirates’ minor league camp next year. Sure, this is ...
Pirates Sign Indian pitchers
whygavs.com 11/25/2008 — I just got an e-mail from Rob Ircane at Walkoff Walk informing me that the Pirates have just signed Rinku Singh and Dinesh Patel, two Indian pitching prospects, to minor league contracts. I can't really put the weirdness of this news into proper ...
Pirates Sign Two Indian Pitchers
bucsdugout.com 11/25/2008 — The Pirates signed Indian pitchers Dinesh Patel and Rinku Singh to minor league deals. They were finalists in something called "the Million Dollar Arm" contest in India. Like the signing of Mpho Ngoepe , the South African shortstop, these ...
Neal Huntington Makes It Official: Rinku and Dinesh Are Pirates
walkoffwalk.com 11/25/2008 —
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 ...
Pirates sign two pitchers from India
sports.yahoo.com 11/25/2008 — The Pittsburgh Pirates announced late on Monday that they have signed pitchers Rinku Singh and Dinesh Kumar Patel as non-drafted free agents. The two Indian pitchers were discovered while participating in the Million Dollar Arm competition in ...
Pirates sign Rinku and Dinesh
hardballtimes.com 11/25/2008 — Don't know who Rinku and Dinesh are? They're the latest international sensations, a couple of Indian brothers who had never played baseball until six months ago. And now they are members of the Pirates' organization. Read the entire story at Walkoff Walk and Big League Stew. Order the Hardball ...
Pirates Sign Two Pitchers Out of India —
Mike Silva's New York Baseball Digest
Tim Dierkes at MLB Trade Rumors reports that the Pirates signed Indian pitchers Dinesh Patel and Rinku Singh to minor league deals. Patel and Singh were finalists in the Million Dollar Arm contest in India. Former Yankees pitcher Steve Trout joined us on NY Baseball Digest Radio and mentioned ...
Pirates outsource to India; world ends —
Bugs & Cranks
PITTSBURGH (B&C) — The Pittsburgh Pirates today announced the signings of RHP Dinesh Patel and LHP Rinku Singh. Patel, 20, and Singh, 19, both of India, won India’s Million Dollar Arm contest that began last December.
Patel and Singh both expect to spend some time in the ...
Patel and Singh have a Blog! —
Bucs Dugout
Emma mentioned this in the comments, but it really deserves its own post. The blog by recent Pirates signees Dinesh Patel and Rinku Singh is so fascinating and surreal that it almost reads like a work of fiction, like a Walter Kirn novel or something. These guys are both obviously very bright, ...
PIRATES SIGN HAROLD AND KUMAR —
Mondesi's House
The top two participants of the India's "Million Dollar Arm" contest are now the property of the Pittsburgh Pirates . 20-year-old left-handed pitcher Rinku Singh and 19-year-old right-handed pitcher Dinesh Kumar Patel (or as they've been dubbed by Steve Is Alive Braband, "Harold and Kumar") ...
Bucs Ink Indians Who’ve Never Been To Cleveland —
SPORTSbyBROOKS
The wait is finally over. Our favorite Indian pitching hopefuls, Rinku Singh and Dinesh Patel — who we have followed throughout their journey to America — have been signed to a minor league contract by the Pittsburgh Pirates. Makes sense. Nothing else works for the Bucs, so why not trot out a ...
News and Notes--Pirates Sign Two Indian Pitchers —
Raise the Jolly Roger
Not these Indians... -- These: --- That's right, the [ newest members of the Pirate organization are Dinesh Patel and Rinku Singh ]. They were two finalists in India's "Million Dollar Arm" contest. From the [ contest's website ]: -- Beginning in November of 2008, India will be introduced to ...
“Is This Heaven?”“It’s Chhattisgarh.” —
Tirico Suave
The exorbitant cost of starting pitching coupled with the current state of the economy have led one baseball team to do what many corporations have been doing for some time now in an effort save some serious coin: they’ve outsourced a few jobs to India:
On Monday, the Pirates signed two ...
Widening the Net —
ShysterBall
People have long speculated whether cricket bowlers would make good pitchers. The Pirates are about to find out: Dinesh Patel and Rinku Singh, cricket players who had not picked up a baseball until April, on Monday became the first athletes from India to sign professional baseball contracts, ...
Scouting Reports on Rinku Singh and Dinesh Patel —
East Windup Chronicle
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 attributes, so here’s a brief write up to ...
Dinesh Patel and Rinku Singh - Sign with Padres —
Knuckle Curve
Hollywood better start getting ready with the movie. Indian pitching prospects Dinesh Patel and Rinku Singh have both signed with the San Diego Padres.
Patel and Singh both arose to fame due to the reality show in India called Million Dollar Arm. In the reality show, contestants from around ...
Rinku and Dinesh sign with Pittsburgh, make MLB history —
Big League Stew
America, please meet Rinku Singh and Dinesh Patel. They're both 20 years old, they're both pitchers and they're both from India. Both are your newest trailblazers in the world of American baseball. Before this spring, neither had ever picked up a baseball, preferring cricket and javelin. On ...
Old Racist Dude Attacks Rinku & Dinesh —
Walkoff Walk
Seriously. Before we go any further, please read this . In its entirety.
Finished? Ok, let's talk about what a giant turd Ken Slate of The Warren Reporter is.
I don't think there is any other way to do this than to break it down, by paragraph. So let's go.
Several weeks ago, I got up ...
Pirates sign 2 Indian pitchers (AP) —
Yahoo! Sports - MLB News
The Pittsburgh Pirates hope Rinku Singh and Dinesh Patel really do have million-dollar arms. The two 20-year-old pitchers, neither of whom had picked up a baseball until earlier this year, signed free-agent contracts Monday with the Pirates. ...
'Million Dollar Arms' Worth Way More —
Bleacher Report - MLB
On Monday, Nov. 24th, 2008, the Pittsburgh Pirates made their best baseball decision since plucking Roberto Clemente from the Brooklyn Dodgers in the Rule Five Draft in 1954.
And it might turn out to be even better.
In an unprecedented act of ...
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