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Dinesh Kumar Patel (born 8 May 1989) is an Indian right-handed baseball pitcher who played in the Pittsburgh Pirates organization. Along with Rinku Singh, he was the first Indian player ever to sign a contract with a major American baseball team.
The film is based on the true story of baseball pitchers Rinku Singh and Dinesh Patel who were discovered by sports agent J. B. Bernstein after winning a reality show competition. The film stars Jon Hamm as J. B. Bernstein, Bill Paxton as pitching coach Tom House, Suraj Sharma as Singh, Madhur Mittal as Patel, and Alan Arkin.
Singh and Patel began the 2009 baseball season with the Pirates' Gulf Coast League affiliate. [14] On 4 July 2009, Singh became the first Indian citizen to appear in a professional baseball game in the US. He pitched the seventh inning, while Dinesh Patel pitched the eighth inning. [15]
Paul Skenes spent his rookie season dutifully following the Pittsburgh Pirates’ plan to bring their young ace along as slowly and safely as possible. Frazier, second baseman Nick Gonzales and ...
Khamis said he joined a pirate group in around 2003. That year, foreign industrial fishing reported a catch of 337.2 million metric tons of fish from Somali waters, while 32.4 million metric tons ...
However, in 1946, Roy Hamey left his position as president of the second American Association to become the Pirates' first general manager. [3] The franchise's second general manager, Branch Rickey, was elected to the Hall of Fame in 1967. [4] Hired in September 2007, Neal Huntington is the Pirates's previous general manager. [5]
The two 2008 winners, Rinku Singh and Dinesh Patel, were signed to the Pittsburgh Pirates. [2] While Patel returned to India, and hopes to play for the India men's national baseball team , Singh has remained in the United States.
Patel warns that "a hyperpoliticized FBI" threatens "American freedom," noting that the agency has a long history of targeting people for political reasons. But his critique is so focused on the ...