| Dinesh Patel | |
|---|---|
| Pitcher | |
| Born: 8 May 1989 Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India | |
Bats: Right Throws: Right |
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. Neither Patel nor Singh had ever thrown a baseball before beating over 37,000 competitors in The Million Dollar Arm, an Indian reality television show designed to find new baseball talent.[1]
- ^ Vercammen, Paul (11 December 2008). "Indian pitchers are first for America's national pastime". CNN. Retrieved 9 April 2012.