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 ...

Pittsburgh Pirates sign contestants of Indian reality TV show
sports.espn.go.com 11/25/2008 — PITTSBURGH -- 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 ...

"What Would the Outsider Do" - Pittsburgh Pirates
theoutsiderslook.blogspot.com 10/18/2008 — Brandon Heikoop adds the next installment to his WWOD series, taking over the Pittsburgh Pirates front office. There truly is not much to be said about this organization, however Brandon manages to pump out a couple thousand words about them...

Pirates sign pitchers from India; Global talent search adds contest winners
post-gazette.com 11/25/2008 — The Pirates continue to travel the globe in hopes of finding players who will play at PNC Park. Yesterday, they announced the signings of two pitchers from India.

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 ...

My 2 Blogs: 2009 MLB Preview Edition - The Pittsburgh Pirates
whysmyheadgrowing.blogspot.com 1/23/2009 — A Pittsburgh Pirates preview? Who cares! Well, we do, sort of. Mostly because they're easy to pick on they rarely bite.

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 ...

Pittsburgh Pirates post a season of low TV viewership - Pittsburgh Business Times:
bizjournals.com 10/15/2008 — The Pittsburgh Pirates have made at least one list where they didn't finish last. According to industry data, the Pirates saw their average number of viewers dip about 15 percent in 2008, compared with the previous year. The Pirates averaged about ...

Magazine names Pirates medical staff best in MLB
post-gazette.com 12/10/2008 — The Pittsburgh Pirates have the best medical staff in Major League Baseball, according to the magazine Baseball Prospectus.

Pirates hit by injuries in winter ball | pirates.com: News
pittsburgh.pirates.mlb.com 10/23/2008 — PITTSBURGH -- The injury bug has already bitten the Pirates' organization early in the fall and winter ball seasons as prospects Jim Negrych and Eric Krebs both were sidelined due to injuries earlier this month and remain out of action. The severity ...

Sources: Dodgers Seek Pirates SS, Balk at Price — Bleacher Report - MLB 11/26/2008
The Dodgers, seeking a possible replacement for free-agent shortstop Rafael Furcal, balked at the Pirates' asking price for shortstop Jack Wilson during recent trade talks, according to major-league sources. The Pirates, who are discussing Wilson ...

Sources: Dodgers Seek Pirates Shortstop, Balk at Price — Bleacher Report - MLB 11/26/2008
The Dodgers, seeking a possible replacement for free-agent shortstop Rafael Furcal, balked at the Pirates' asking price for shortstop Jack Wilson during recent trade talks, according to major-league sources. The Pirates, who are discussing Wilson ...

Pirates Add Reality to Reality Show in India — NYT > Baseball 11/27/2008
By signing contracts with two young men from India, the otherwise nondescript Pittsburgh Pirates found themselves flooded with interview requests. >

Cam Bonifay or Dave Littlefield: Which Is the Lesser of Two Evils? — Bleacher Report - MLB 11/27/2008
As Neil Huntington's first year as General Manager of the Pirates came to a close, one would struggle to call it anything but tumultuous. Despite the Pedro Alvarez saga, the failure to sign second round pick Tanner Scheppers, and the struggles of ...

Pittsburgh Pirates: Rebuilding, the International Way — Bleacher Report - MLB 11/27/2008
The Hot Stove League has hit a lull, the big name free agents are still jockeying for the best possible offer, and many of the trade rumors have cooled for now. The Winter Meetings, being held in Las Vegas beginning Dec. 8, is where most of that ...