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.