sportsillustrated.cnn.com - 11/25/2008
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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. They are believed to be the first ...
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 ...
pittsburgh.pirates.mlb.com - 11/24/2008
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PITTSBURGH -- The Pirates, who have emphasized a
need to find talent via every available outlet, have
gone where no team has gone before. On Monday, the Pirates signed two young Indian pitchers, 20-year-old right-hander Dinesh Patel and 19-year-old ...
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Bucs sign pair of Indian hurlers | pirates.com: News
psamp.blogspot.com - 11/25/2008
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Pirates Sign Two Pitchers from India who have never played baseball before
postgameheroes.com —
... By jarvis | November 24, 2008 [image] OK, so Babu Bhat from Seinfeld hailed from Pakistan….but you get the idea. Pirates organization is a joke. Scouts who found these two gems added this little tidbit of info: “after they strike a batter out, they shout ‘THANK YOU, COME AGAIN’” Pirates Sign Two Athletes From India Who Haven’t Played Baseball 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 ...
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... ? … Hey, the Pirates signed Derek Bell, and he couldn’t play baseball, so why not? … Adidas is now selling a branded sunscreen that comes out of the can in, of course, three stripes. No, ...
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themilliondollararm.com 11/26/2008 — Special blog from both Rinku and Dinesh… On November 24, 2008, Rinku Singh and Dinesh Kumar Patel made Indian Sports History becoming the first athletes from that country to sign professional sports contracts here in the USA.
Monday our ...
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 ...
Dinesh Patel, Rinku Singh: "Million Dollar Arms" Worth Way More
bleacherreport.com 11/25/2008 — On Monday, Nov. 24, 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 than that.
In an unprecedented ...
A Passage To India?
bugsandcranks.com 11/25/2008 — Talk about change.When Dave Littlefield and Kevin McClatchy ran the Pirates, I’m not sure there were scouts assigned to cover Indiana. With Frank Coonelly and Neal Huntington running the show now, there’s word today that the Pirates have ...
It's in the Minors
bucsdugout.com 1/7/2009 —
Why didn't the Pirates just give this guy seventeen million? (Photo: Scott Ableman)
I can't blame any fan for being frustrated with the Pirates' losing ways, because we're all frustrated. But I still find this letter a little annoying.
I ...
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-Mets good trade match...
metsfever.blogspot.com 12/1/2008 — I think Pittsburgh would be the perfect place for Aaron Heilman to begin his starting pitching career, for you Pirates fans seeing this and checking in, not because I'm trying to dump him on you. I believe Heilman has the potential to be a solid ...
WHYGAVS/Bucs Dugout Crossovers: Looking at the rotation
whygavs.com 10/13/2008 — After looking at the hitters a couple of weeks ago , Charlie from Bucs Dugout and I discuss the state of the starting rotation as we head in to Neal Huntington's second winter. Paul Maholm WHYGAVS: Maholm did a great job increasing strikeouts and ...
Pirates on lookout for bullpen help | pirates.com: News
pittsburgh.pirates.mlb.com 12/18/2008 — PITTSBURGH -- They won't be the highest profile of names, but there are a number of relievers that Pirates general manager Neal Huntington continues to pursue as he looks to add to his bullpen options for 2009. Currently, the Pirates have most of ...
The End of a Grand Experiment
shysterball.blogspot.com 12/3/2008 — In the normal course I would never devote a post to the fact that a terrible, eighth-year pitcher has declared minor league free agency. Most terrible, eighth-year pitchers who declare minor league free agency, however, aren't John Van Benschoten . ...
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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 ...
