Jul 29
Thanks to everyone for kind emails they have send us here.
i pitched on last Saturday against TORONTO BLUE JAY for one inning. they say i did very good. i gave up one run but this run not earned they saying. i got all ground out.
and again i pitched on monday against toranto blue jay for 2/3 inning. they say i did very good this time too. i did not give any run. no hits. one strike out and one fly out. we won the game. that was my first win they tell me.  so i was very happy but more happy just team winning the game.
Jul 09
I feeling very lucky so far this season playing games. I getting pitch 1st game to New york Yankees A team, and now i pitching Phillies A team.
For fans in India, Yankees winning most championships history and Phillies winning championship last.
I pitching 1 batter 6th inning ground out. i pitching 4 batter in 7th inning and getting Fly out, Strike out, giving single, and getting ground out.
Pirates team not winning game though so i am sad about this. I not getting excited when pitching good if team not winning game. in America team baseball like national team in Cricket India… Cricketer not celebrating hitting Century if team losing match. This is how we feeling about this in baseball.
I trying hard Coach Bonilla saying throwing strikes only. This is good philosophy for the pitching.
Today very bad thing happening. We winning game, and then rain coming and they saying game not complete. if no raining we winning so this is not good thing.
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Jul 04
May 23
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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May 17
(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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May 13
(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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Apr 27
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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Apr 16
(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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Apr 07
(Dinesh Patel #13 looks on at Pirate City during a game)
When we not pitching we watching. When we just watching we seeing all mistakes. When we pitching, very different thing seeing game like this.
I thinking we getting better we getting good innings.
I pitching good in simulated game. i throw many strike ball. I thinking my speed better when i resting more, but Coach Bonilla, sir saying this OK. he liking that I getting pitching in game.
Sunday we having day off, but not having day off. We watching game morning. afternoon, we getting photo session many time. They taking many picture playing the baseball and many picture not playing the baseball just Pirate city me and Rinku.
Photo Flashback - May 1, 2008 - New Delhi, India…
Rinku Singh gets his visa from US Ambassador David Mulford at the US Embassy.
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Apr 04
Yesterday JB Sir coming Pirate City. This is very good thing. He very happy seeing Rinku and me. We happy he here to us.
We going after practice we signing many thing for company. They taking sticker we signing they putting on baseball cards. We also signing baseballs they selling fans.
He take us to Chinese food for meal. We enjoy this.
Tomorrow we going Olrlando meeting India Ambassador. Rinku and me excite we getting driving over bridge very beautiful sightings.
Thanking to all fans writing us and saying good things. We keep trying and we keeping India in our heart.
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