Black is the New Black: Rinku Singh Autograph

It should be no secret that I love Bowman Black cards which feature the on card silver sharpie autographs of baseball's top prospects.  Back in 2009, those did not exist, but Bowan Black parallels did in Bowman Sterling.

For $23 delivered I nabbed this auto of one of the subjects of the Million Dollar Arm, Rinku Singh numbered 13/25.  It's a longshot for Rinku to make the majors after having not pitched professionally since 2012 due to Tommy John surgery and several other injuries.

In 2012 he looked like a decent prospect posting a 1.25 WHIP along with a 8.1K/9 coming out of the bullpen.  If he is healthy, he could one day catch on with another club and make his MLB debut.  Singh will begin the 2015 as a 26 year old.

Million Dollar Arms, $1 purchases

Yesterday was the theatrical release of Disney's Million Dollar Arm, the story of Rinku Singh and Dinesh Patel.  If you enjoy baseball movies that you can share with your family, you NEED to go see this movie.  I'm actually going to see it again today.  I won't spoil the movie for you with a lot of facts about these two India born baseball players, but I will show off a card show pickup I bought a long time ago as I was waiting to show off for the theatrical release of Million Dollar Arm.

It's a 2009 Tristar Plus Diamond Duos (not numbered) of both Rinku Singh and Dinesh Patel.  It cost me only $1, which might seem expensive for two ball players who will likely never pitch in the big leagues.  But that's not why I bought this card.  I bought it for the historical significance of the card and the turning point of the Pittsburgh Pirates franchise.  I've talked a lot about how much I appreciate Neal Huntington turning this franchise around since he took over in 2008 and the signing of these two young men helped further show that Neal is looking to add talent from anywhere in the world.