Rinku Singh (born August 8, 1988 in Lucknow, India) is a left-handed baseball pitcher who is currently a free agent. Singh was signed by the Pittsburgh Pirates organization after he won a pitching contest on a 2008 reality television show, The Million Dollar Arm. He was the first Indian to play professional baseball and has spent several seasons in the minor leagues, only reaching as high as the A level. He is the subject of the movie Million Dollar Arm.Singh grew up in poverty, the son of a truck driver, in a rural village in Bhadohi. Singh was one of nine siblings who all lived in the family's one-room house. The home had electricity but relied on well water. Singh threw javelin and played cricket as a child. He was a junior national javelin medalist. In early 2008, Singh entered an Indian reality television show, The Million Dollar Arm. The contest was created by American sports agent J. B. Bernstein and his partners Ash Vasudevan and Will Chang to find the individual in the country who could throw the fastest and most accurate baseball. Having never heard of baseball before, Singh won the contest out of over 37,000 participants after throwing 87 miles per hour. The grand prize for the contest was $100,000. Wikipedia
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