Pirates sign two "pitchers" from India

Actually, Singh is the better of the two pitchers, not Patel.

C.C.'s better than them both.

Oh wait, pitchers from India, not the Cleveland Indians.

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Originally Posted by 200tang

Actually, Singh is the better of the two pitchers, not Patel.

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Oh common! He sucks! ;) lol! I dunno it's been a year since I read the article. Wasn't Patel the #1 finalist in the competition?

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Originally Posted by rschusta24

Wasn't Patel the #1 finalist in the competition?

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I think so, but Singh is a lefty and was the more complete pitcher and better body.

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Originally Posted by 200tang

I think so, but Singh is a lefty and was the more complete pitcher and better body.

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Lefties always got a fighting chance even when the velocity isn't the best.

http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pitt.../s_672684.html

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It's almost as if Singh and Patel are just like every other guy at spring training, just a couple of kids who grew up on the Little League fields dreaming of making it to the big leagues one day.

Last year, that wasn't the case.

Last year, Singh and Patel were those two guys from India.

The ones who won a reality show, came to the U.S. to work out and then were signed by the Pirates, believed to be the first Indian players ever to be picked up by a major-league team. The ones who'd never even heard of baseball, much less played it a year before reporting to spring training in Bradenton, Fla.

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