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SPORTS ILLUSTRASIAN: Rinku Singh Keeps His Eye on the Ball Instead of the Ladies, Gets Historic Win

Gulf Coast League Pirates pitcher Rinku Singh made history Monday by becoming the first India-born player to record a professional baseball win in the U.S. (The GCL Pirates are the rookie developmental team of the Pittsburgh Pirates.) You may recall that Rinku and his countryman Dinesh Patel made history before when they signed with the Pirates organization last November after placing first and second in an Indian reality-show contest called The Million Dollar Arm, thereby becoming the first India-born players to ink a professional sports contract of any kind in this country.

So how did Rinku get his first win? Did he manage to bring up the velocity of his fastball from the low 90′s? Did he paint the outside corners of the strike zone? Did he introduce something nasty and unhittable to his limited pitching repertoire?

My theory: he started keeping his eye on the ball instead of the ladies.

I kid, I kid! (Rinku, if you’re reading this like you did that other time, where you thought I was calling you a perv when I was really calling you a babe, know that this is what we call in America “giving you shit.”)

Then again, he only had to strike out one batter to get the win, so I’m not going to get my panties too far in a bunch over this “historic” moment. (Yes, Rinku, still “giving you shit.” See also “heckling.”)

[DISGRASIAN: Babewatch: Rinku Singh]
[Rinku's blog: The Good - The Bad & The Ugly]
[Deadspin: Rinku And Dinesh Are Not On The Babewatch!]

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Filed under: Dinesh Patel, firsts, Gulf Coast League, Heckling, Indian Baseball Players, Lost In Translation, Million Dollar Arm, Minor League Baseball, MLB, Pittsburgh Pirates, Rinku Singh