Each year during the month of October, I show off only pink (and shades of pink like magenta, peach, etc) to help raise awareness of Breast Cancer, a leading cause of death for females in the United States.
Due to my own financial situation this year I will not be able to make a donation for each (meaningful, non spam) comment left by those that follow the blog. Once things settle down on the home front though I will be looking to make a donation in 2022 based on the comments left during this year's event. Hopefully together we can help at least one woman get a much needed mammogram. Early detection is key!!!
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I have focused primarily on cards that only feature Andrew McCutchen on the card, but in recent years have also featured cards with a cameo appearance (either being seen on the card or as a name cameo on the back of the card). In 2019, I created Falco Files which discussed players that replaced (Shane Falco Replacements movie reference) on an active roster, number worn, or trade. I will also be showing some Cutch's Crew cards that show pink cards of players that have played with Cutch on multiple teams. I will continue to utilize these styles of posts as we celebrate the 5th Collecting Cutch Save Second Base event (I am no longer counting my first run on the Pirates Treasure Room I did back in 2014).
I am always looking for new ways to incorporate new celebrities into the event so today I am presenting
Anveshi Jain
Rinku Singh was the first professional India born baseball player. Him and Dinesh Patel were both signed by the Pirates in 2009 as part of the Million Dollar Arm talent search. It became a Disney movie a few years back.
Patel moved back to India, but Singh became a legitimate pitching prospect, reaching AA in 2012 throwing 72 innings and striking out 65 batters with a 3.00 ERA. Injuries in 2013 kept him out of uniform, but after a healthy off season he was invited to Spring Training as a non roster invite. Unfortunately it was discovered that Singh had elbow issues and would need Tommy John surgery. He missed all of the 2014 season and was later resigned by the Pirates in 2015. He pitched one inning in relief in 2016 (a scoreless one at that) but ultimately decided to hang up the spikes.
He was very close to becoming the first India born baseball player in MLB.
Had he done that, his home ballpark of PNC Park would be a spotlight for one of the world's largest countries each time he took the mound.
Had he done that, his home ballpark of PNC Park would be a spotlight for one of the world's largest countries each time he took the mound.
Today Singh is signed to the WWE where he wrestles under the stage name Veer.
Besides Macho Man Randy Savage, can you think of any other former minor league baseball players that became affiliated with professional wrestling?
Do you have a favorite Indian food dish?
Thoughts on Ms. Jain or Mr. Singh?
I do remember the Million Dollar Arm stuff before the movie.
ReplyDeleteThe only Bollywood star I knew of before Ms. Jain was Priyanka Chopra.
I can't have spicy food anymore, but never really wanted to try it anyway.
Good Job. 👍
Always nice to see a South Asian lady get featured here!
ReplyDeleteDale Torborg, son of longtime major league manager Jeff Torborg, had a brief minor league career. He had a run in WCW as a baseball-themed wrestler called "The MVP" (not to be confused with the WWE's MVP, Montel Vontavious Porter), and then was repackaged as The Demon (not to be confused with the WWE's The Demon, Finn Bálor), whose gimmick was that he was sponsored by Kiss and wore makeup similar to that worn by Kiss. Looking at that sentence it looks like a total joke, but all of it is true. Torborg went on to become a strength and conditioning coach in MLB, first under his father, but later for other teams.
I would say Ms. Jain has loaded bases.
ReplyDeleteI remember the movie well. Funny that he ended up in WWE after all of that.
ReplyDeleteI always wondered what happened to Singh. Good post.
ReplyDeleteWhoa, Singh became a wrestler?
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