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Pirates sign two "pitchers" from India
http://www.sportsline.com/mlb/story/11130371
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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 athletes from India to sign professional baseball contracts outside their country.
Singh and Patel came to the United States six months ago after being the top finishers in an Indian reality TV show called the Million Dollar Arm that drew about 30,000 contestants. The show sought to find athletes who could throw strikes at 85 miles per hour or faster.
While neither pitcher threw hard enough to earn the $1 million prize, Singh made $100,000 from the contest and Patel made $2,500, plus his trip to the United States.
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Yeah, nice publicity stunt. I doubt anything actually comes from these guys.
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It would be awesome if it did
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I hope so to. It'd be awesome for those two guys.
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Who knows? With a little polish and some coaching, they might amount to something.
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Links broken.
Anything can happen but I bet this was a PR move to attract more international players to Pittsburgh. Kinda like how allot of Asian players sign with Seattle or Boston because of the largeness of the Asian community and how they have many players in the Minors and Majors.
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Apparently Singh is a lefty so hes more likely to make it.
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If they can't even throw 85MPH I don't see them doing anything. I wouldn't say I know an amazing amount about the game but with sports in general you can only teach so much. I'm sure there low speed could be because of pitching mechanics and technique but being better in that area will only help so much.
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Cool Article
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This is old news, it happened several weeks ago
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RedsoxRockies
This is old news, it happened several weeks ago
But they were just invited to Spring Training
And CNN gives the full story, it's really interesting
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They have a good segment on these two on Outside the Lines right now, probably will be replayed later on.
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Wait ? these guys WON ?? and have to play for the Pirates ??
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heh
I don't know anyone who would turn down a shot at the Big Show though, regardless of what team it's with.
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yeah, yeah...the pirates suck. I hear it all the time being a buccos fan. I was a little puzzled when I read about it but it makes sense. Publicity, a low-risk change and like ohms said these guys with some coaching could POSSIBLY hit the big show. It could also help draw some fans to the stadium for once. The saddest thing is that they had only 2,000 fans on average fewer than Tampa Bay...and I'm curious at how much Tampa Bay's rate sky rocketed over the last month.
Oh well...low risk signing and maybe something comes of it.
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lebsoccer02
yeah, yeah...the pirates suck. I hear it all the time being a buccos fan. I was a little puzzled when I read about it but it makes sense. Publicity, a low-risk change and like ohms said these guys with some coaching could POSSIBLY hit the big show. It could also help draw some fans to the stadium for once. The saddest thing is that they had only 2,000 fans on average fewer than Tampa Bay...and I'm curious at how much Tampa Bay's rate sky rocketed over the last month.
Oh well...low risk signing and maybe something comes of it.
I like their unis :)
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http://www.themilliondollararm.com/blog/?p=425
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So we signing this thing and he give me and Dinesh $5.00. Then we finding out JB sir not knowing this. Man from company lying to us.
Also...I predict big things from these too in the future. Heads, at the minimum.
http://cache.gawker.com/assets/image...ineshbarry.jpg
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For some reason, that reminds me of yamviet...
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gosensgo101
For some reason, that reminds me of yamviet...
I was just going to say that!
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RedsoxRockies
I was just going to say that!
I was just going to say "I was just going to say that!"
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"Thank you, Hane. Base-a-ball bin bery, bery good to me..."
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BINGLEBOP
I was just going to say "I was just going to say that!"
Hey! You stole my line!
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http://www.usatoday.com/sports/baseb...rs-debut_N.htm
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India-born pitchers Dinesh Patel (above) and Rinku Singh are likely to make their pro debuts this week for the Bradenton Pirates of the rookie-level Gulf Coast League.
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filihok
Quick learners? Holy cow, what a nice story.
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He said, "Holy cow!" Get it? Holy...cow! Like they're from India, and...um, never mind.
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well very few innings pitched, but Patel pitched pretty well. Hopefully this next season they both get more work obviously. I assume they are expected to stay in Rookie ball?
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I remember hearing about this around this time last year when it was said that they would be signed by the Pirates. I remember hearing that Patel had more abilities, and I really hope to see something flurish from this. We'll have to see what happens next year.
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Actually, Singh is the better of the two pitchers, not Patel.
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C.C.'s better than them both.
Oh wait, pitchers from India, not the Cleveland Indians.
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200tang
Actually, Singh is the better of the two pitchers, not Patel.
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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rschusta24
Wasn't Patel the #1 finalist in the competition?
I think so, but Singh is a lefty and was the more complete pitcher and better body.
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200tang
I think so, but Singh is a lefty and was the more complete pitcher and better body.
Lefties always got a fighting chance even when the velocity isn't the best.
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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.
