Tuesday, November 25, 2008

Baseball and India

I know, there's little or no connection between Baseball and India. There's Softball been played for many years in schools though. Whatever the reasons behind the lack of awareness/interest in Baseball, the game has never took off beyond Softball and school level. This little news might just be the "sowing of the Baseball seeds" in India!!! Untill I read it, I wasn't even aware that there was a reality show like the "Million Dollar Arm". And all of a sudden, the Pittsburgh Pirates, sign two 20-year olds 
Rinku singh Dinesh Patel
hailing from India as their Major League Baseball prospects! The season 2 of the contest begins in December 2008! Any guesses for when we can see Baseball games between Indian franchises?
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mayrya said...

Thanks for sharing the news SG. This is awesome. Can't imagine the change in Patel and Singh's fortune. A true 'rags to riches', let's hope they bring good performance and some luck to the Pirates ;o)

Although, I guess it would be a while before they play the Major league right? If I read the article correctly, it says, they want them to play in Minor for a few years, understandably so.

The cool part was that they had to learn things like English from scratch...! Jai Hind!!

November 26, 2008 at 9:32:00 AM GMT+5:30

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