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Patel, Singh make debuts in GCL
Indian-born pitchers Dinesh Patel and Rinku Singh made their American professional debuts on Saturday with Pittsburgh's rookie-level Gulf Coast League Pirates.
Singh, Patel nearing pro debuts | pirates.com: News
Singh, Patel nearing pro debuts | pirates.com: News
pittsburgh.pirates.mlb.com — By Doug Miller / MLB.com 06/30/09 6:31 PM ET The Pittsburgh Pirates will get a good look... at their reality-show TV stars on the pitching mound soon. Rinku Singh and Dinesh Patel, the former cricket-playing hurlers from India who won a TV contest ... (more) Singh, Patel nearing pro debuts | pirates.com: News
Pirates' Indian pitchers make pro debuts
post-gazette.com — Farm director: Game 'speaks volumes' of progress for Patel, Singh... (more) Pirates' Indian pitchers make pro debuts
Indian pitchers make pro debut
community.post-gazette.com — By Dejan Kovacevic | 2:48 p.m. Saturday Dinesh Patel and Rinku Singh, the Pirates' Indian-born pitchers, made... their professional debuts this afternoon for Bradenton of the rookie-level Gulf Coast League, each working an inning of relief. Patel, ... (more) Indian pitchers make pro debut
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インド人初のプロ野球選手のデビュー戦
Japan, Hockey, Baseball, etc. — インドで開催された「100万ドルの腕」(ブログにビデオもあります)選手権で権利を勝ち取ったリンク・シン(Rinku Singh)とディネシュ・パテル(Dinesh Patel)がピッツバーグ・パイレーツのGulf Coast League (シングルAの下)のチームでデビューしました。フルボッコにされなかっただけでも上出来です。共に1イニングを投げ、シンは1失点、パテル三者凡退に抑え、二人とも1奪三振でした。メジャーの育成システムでどこまで行けるか、見ものですね、頑張れ!

GAZAB! Rinku and Dinesh Get a Taste of Real Live Actual Baseball
Walkoff Walk — ... Over the weekend, Rinku Singh became the first ever citizen of India to appear in a professional baseball game here in these United States, as the GCL Pirates lost to the GCL Yankees in Bradenton, FL. He gave up three hits and a run in one inning pitched, but ...

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Patel, Singh make debuts in GCL | pirates.com: News
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