2008-11-25T10:12:03-05:00 2008-11-24T17:37:14-05:00 4 2008-11-24T17:37:13-05:00 1 1 10 2008-11-25T10:12:03-05:00 9 CT bulletbob13 589665 4 I think these guys are already the two best pitchers in the Pirates organization. 3441971 2008-11-24T20:18:01-05:00 1 NY hasanski New York 616037 3 token players. marketing gimmick. do you really think the pirates want to commit to winning? 3437754 2008-11-24T19:15:59-05:00 3 WA Dan Finnegan Bremerton 129714 2 As a Pirates fan, I'm happy to see them pursuing young pitchers, the question is, do they have talent to go with good fastballs, though the figures mentioned above don't sound too impressive. The real question is, are they gonna turn out to be pitchers, or just throwers? 3437187 2008-11-24T18:00:12-05:00 3 OH patrick ewing's mother Cleveland 461126 1 Now, the Indians names is a little less offensive! Go Tribe! 3436458 4 <p>According to a report from Yahoo! Japan, the Pittsburgh Pirates have signed a pair of pitchers from India, Dinesh Patel and Rinku Singh. Pirates GM Neal Huntington would not confirm the report to MLB.com, but <a href="http://hotstove.mlblogs.com/archives/2008/11/bucs_looking_at_indian_pitcher.html" target="_blank">he did tell that site </a>"We have seen the pitchers and are very interested in signing them."</p> <p>Patel and Singh, both 19,&nbsp;won a Million Dollar Arm contest last year that set out to find the hardest throwing players in the country. They worked out with USC pitching coach Tom House for six months,&nbsp;then auditioned in front of three dozen major league scouts in Tempe, Ariz., earlier this month,&nbsp;with Patel&nbsp;touching 90 mph and Singh hitting 84 on the radar gun.</p> 26481 18 NY The SI Staff New York City 21244