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Dinesh Patel

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Dinesh Patel
  • Date of Birth:
    May 8, 1989
  • Zodiac Sign:
    Taurus
  • Place of Birth:
    Lucknow, India
  • Sex:
    Male
  • Nationality:
    Indian

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    Dinesh Patel
    • He had a successful, if brief, 2009 season for the Pirates, picking up a victory on August 13 (excatly one month after his countryman Singh got his first, and only, win of the year) and finishing with a 1-0 record and 1.42 ERA, allowing two runs (one earned) on six hits in 6.1 innings.
    • Patel, along with Singh, played for the Pirates' Gulf Coast League team in Bradenton, Florida.
    • Patel and Singh had never thrown a baseball before besting over 37,000 competitors in The Million Dollar Arm, an Indian reality television show designed to find new baseball talent.
    • long with Rinku Singh, he is the first Indian national ever to sign a contract with a major American sports club.
    • He is a right-handed baseball pitcher playing in the Pittsburgh Pirates organization.

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