usatoday.com - 11/25/2008
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Dinesh Patel and Rinku Singh, cricket players who had not pick up a baseball until April, on Monday became the first athletes ...
walkoffwalk.com - 11/24/2008
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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 ...
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Baseball Yatra is Great Success: Pirates Sign Rinku and ...
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’ ...
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Non-NPB News: Pittsburgh Sign Indian Pitchers
eastwindupchronicle.com - 11/25/2008
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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 ...
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Scouting Reports on Rinku Singh and Dinesh Patel
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Rinku and Dinesh sign with Pittsburgh, make MLB history
Big League Stew —
... an baseball comedy starring Rob Schneider and that dude from Harold and Kumar Go To White Castle. Time will tell if the arms of Singh (left) and Patel prove them to be more than just an easy "Hey, America is outsourcing everything to India!" joke, but the Pirates believe their potential is worth a risk. (And if this news isn't the ultimate proof that 16 straight losing seasons will send you searching anywhere, I'm not sure what is.) The USA Today has more: "This is very intriguing for ...
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, agreeing to deals with the Pittsburgh Pirates. "This is very intriguing for us," Pirates general manager Neal Huntington said. "We are trying to broaden our horizons internationally and to get into some non-traditional markets. I've always been curious about India, ...
A Q&A With Pittsburgh Pirates Signees Rinku Singh and Dinesh Patel
The Big Lead —
... [How does The Big Lead factor into all of this? Nope, we weren't selected because of Indian heritage. USA Today and ...
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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 ...
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mlbtraderumors.com 11/24/2008 — Patrick Newman of NPB Tracker passes along a report from Yahoo! Japan : 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.
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knucklecurve.com 11/29/2008 — Hollywood better start getting ready with the movie. Indian pitching prospects Dinesh Patel and Rinku Singh have both signed with the Pittsburgh Pirates. Patel and Singh both arose to fame due to the reality show in India called Million Dollar Arm.
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 ...
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 ...
The Pittsburgh Pirates signed two athletes from India. - MLB - SI.com
sportsillustrated.cnn.com 11/25/2008 — PITTSBURGH (AP) -- 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 SIGN HAROLD AND KUMAR
mondesishouse.blogspot.com 11/26/2008 — 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 ...
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 ...
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Bleacher Report - MLB 11/25/2008
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 ...
