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Patel, Singh make debuts in GCL | pirates.com: News
By Wayne Staats / MLB.com 07/06/09 1:45 AM ET Less than a year after signing deals, Dinesh Patel and Rinku Singh have made even more history. The duo became the first from India to appear in an American professional baseball game on Saturday, pitching in back-to-back innings during the Gulf ...
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
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Patel, Singh make debuts in GCL
mlb.mlb.com — Indian-born pitchers Dinesh Patel and Rinku Singh made their American professional debuts on Saturday with Pittsburgh's rookie-level... Gulf Coast League Pirates. (more) Patel, Singh make debuts in GCL
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