Anoop sir at USC ground with coach marty and coach randy

The only good thing being about the raining here all days is same like in Delhi weather.  We already having 4 games raining out so we playing some sim games.

Today we play sim game.  I throwing good today.  I pitching two inning and only throwing 2 balls.  Coach Bonilla very important us getting the strike ball.

Everyone saying they hoping we getting pitching in game this week, but we not care about this.  When coach calling us for the pitching we ready for this opportunity.

Thanking to many fans writing us things saying very kind words.  We hoping that you seeing our play and that you having proud for us in playing baseball Pirates.

Other day i speaking with Anoop Kumar on JB sir’s phone.  Anoop is very big man in India.  He running many grounds in Delhi and helping many boys getting sports training many sports.  he is only one in all Delhi playing the baseball with the boys.  he going JB sir to USC grounds to meeting Coach Tom and Coach Marty.  He seeing all the things there and they trying bringing these things back to India for the boys training baseball there.

We hoping we starting a baseball revolution in India and all peoples watching the baseball.

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India Awaits Rinku and Dinesh’s debut -

This appeared in July 2nd edition of the Times of India

We saying good job all those playing Deepesh sir’s baseball teams in Mumbai.

They winning state championship and they pitching very good for whole team.

We hoping we pitching real game this week for Gulf Coast Pirates.

Many people asking us when we pitching, but we not knowing this.

After we pitching we promising write new blog for this.

Today we having interesting game to Braves.  The Braves winning on the last out bottom half in 9 inning.

So that not good.  We still having good excitement about Pirates and we ready when they saying we pitching.

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many peoples emailing us asking maybe hard making me friends Rinku and me with other player.

We making good friend here Pirate City.

Here are picture we taking friend on Pirates team of justin vaclavic-AA, jareck kaningham-A, klaib-A.

(Note from JB - not likely these names are spelled right, but this is how D-Train spelled them to me).

Also friending us is Jason, and trevor, pat, and many other working Pirates City.   They always helping Rinku and me very much on many things.

We close to having the bank accounts so we soon sending more monies home for family.  This is good.

Many company helping us too.  Under Armor is best USA athletics company.  They better than company we knowing in India making sports boots and wearings.  They even making glasses stopping sun.  i wearing my new Under Armor glasses they sending.  KC from Under Armor very good guy sending us everything we needing to play the baseball.  We very grateful to them for this.

PHOTO FLASHBACK - 11.18.07 - Brian Wilson plays some cricket and baseball with the boys in Shivaji Park, Mumbai as part of the TMDA 1 Launch.

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People wanting knowing we pitching good.

I pitching Yankees and I getting 3 fly out ball.  I giving one run on sacrificing fly ball.

My curveball getting good.

Here Pirate City thing very good.  everyone treating us good.

JB sir in India, and he seeing some boys from finals year past of contest.  He seeing pawan kumar and arun verma.  JB sir saying they having pictures of me and dinesh in cell phones.  this making us feeling very good and we hoping those boys doing good in contest coming America pitching too.

PHOTO FLASHBACK - June 2008 - JB Sir with Shah Ruhk Khan, and Saurav Ganguly in the KKR gear from IPL

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(Photo Credit -US Press Wire - Fernando Medina)

Many peoples email us asking how we pitching going.

Other day I pitching Phillies simulated game.  I getting one ground out ball, one fly out ball and one strike out ball.  They calling this 1,2,3 inning in the baseball.

Phillies win world series championship of baseball last year, so I excited for good pitching.

Rinku and i getting the bank account this week.  We having many check to put in account.  this process very hard.  First we need getting special Visa from US.  Then we needing get Social Security number.  Then we getting Florida state ID card.  then only we getting bank account.  In US everything very official in this ways.  In India, not like this for the working.

PHOTO FLASHBACK - June 17,2008 - Coach Pat takes the boys to Manhattan Beach, CA, where Dinesh befriends a local man who is pier fishing.

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(Photo Credit - Fernando Medina - US Press Wire)

We staying U.P. when we living India, so we thinking not possible hotter there.

Florida very hot here.  We outside practice many hour during day.  And raining here just like raining India.

Morning time very wet ground so we needing change shoes for afternoon practice.  Under Armor very good giving us many shoes so we doing this.

Pitching going good for us.  We playing simulated games only.  Draft coming June, then we starting playing real games.

Many asking what we feeling like being history Indian playing the baseball.  We just trying be good pitcher helping Pirates win.  We feeling not pressure being Indian firsts.  We feeling pressure pitching hard thing doing.  But coaches all saying we doing good things, but needing learning more baseball game.

JB, Sir bringing us new movie when he coming last.  He also giving wire to make computer show movie on TV screen bigger.  We watching Transporter 3 is very good movie action.  We also liking the HULK.  Special effect HULK very good thing seeing.  We also liking movie calling THE GURU.  This funny movie Indian man coming US and mistake they thinking he dating Guru.  This movie very good for Indian - America movie.

Photo Flashback - October 31, 2008 - Los Angeles, CA…

Rinku & Dinesh get their first stretch limo ride.

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(Photo Credit - Fernando Medina - US Press Wire)

Pirate City Dinesh and I sharing room.  First he getting the flu and then I also getting the flu now.  We staying Pirate City all times.  We like playing the pool.  I am winning many times in the pool.

Last week we going Yankees ground and seeing AROD hitting BP.  He very big guy.  he hitting many HRs.  He playing single A Yankees until he hurting no more.  We not getting pitching against AROD, but we seeing him hit.

Many peoples asking us in the blog when we getting playing on team.  we not knowing this, but after draft JB, sir saying Pirates decide where we pitching.  Now we extended spring training.  this is good.  we need many learning about the baseball game.

PHOTO FLASHBACK - Nov 20, 2007 - Mumbai, India -

Brian Patrick Wilson - Giants All Star Closer throws out the ceremonial first pitch at the press conference for the launch of the inaugural Million Dollar Arm contest.

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I getting pitching 2 innings game against Yankees today.  We traveling in bus to game in Yankees field.  I never doing this before.  I think I pitching OK.

(Photo courtesy of US Press wire - Fernando Medina)

Rinku and me pitching very much now getting ready for staring season single A.  This exciting thing to us.  We fielding getting better much, but still needing more work.

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(Pictures from Dinesh and Rinku)

We getting visit from The Big Dawg.  This was good surprise.  He picther in AA or AAA - we not knowing.   He training with us USC coach House many months.  He very good guy.  He good pitcher.

He coming Pirate City we showing him video me and Dinesh movie and many Hindi song.

We both pitching good at spring training.  i pitching one day, dinesh pitching day next.  This is very good for us practice game many times.

We hoping start playing real games June Gulf Coast Pirates single A.  We very thankful Pirates giving us many chances like this.

Many fans wanting knowing we thinking they cheering us.  This is good feeling for us.  Thanks to fans who sending these kind wordings.

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(Photo by Doug Benc/Getty Images)

Rinku and me getting first money Pirates paycheck.  We not knowing who FICA is.  JB sir explain not man named FICA taking money… This is for the taxes.  Rinku and me both getting number social security and Visa.  We not understanding everything we seeing news, but we knowing America not good money this time.   We think America very great country.  We never getting opportunity in India liking this.  We only paying little but we happy we paying the taxes.  We very grateful this country giving us many more already.

One year past we staying sports college Lucknow hoping maybe go Army.  We not even knowing the baseball.  Now we pitchers America.  We making many good money.  They making the movie Rinku and me.  They making book Rinku and me.  Many peoples writings us kind words.  Rinku and me much TV and Newspapers stories all world places.

This only happen America.  This no happen India for village boy.  many times Rinku and me thinking we get Magic Ticket locker room and we going back India.  We want to pitch pro Pirates someday.

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