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I read about these two about a month ago on another baseball forum. Apparently there was an Indian reality show called Million Dollar Arm, and the premise was to find an Indian kid/young man who could throw a baseball over 90 mph, and they'd win the prize of $100k US and a tryout with mlb. Now, keep in mind 99% of the guys who tried out for the show had never even seen a baseball, let alone pitched before. Suprisingly, the Pirates signed the winner and the runner up. Needless to say, they are the longest of longshots, but think of the potential new market if they did somehow make it. India is home to over a billion people. This to me, is really cool.
It's also another sign that the writing is on the wall for the game of baseball. Major league prospects as the result of a television show? Please, let this never, ever happen again!
It's also another sign that the writing is on the wall for the game of baseball. Major league prospects as the result of a television show? Please, let this never, ever happen again!
I couldn't disagree with you more. Who cares how they're discovered? if their talented, they're talented. The winners of American Idol are some of the most successful artists in the world, so disqualifying them simply because they were part of a show is really short sighted. Not to mention the true underdog element here. If they do make it, you're opening up an otherwise stagnant game to a potential new audience of 1 billion plus people.
When baseball teams begin to stock their rosters based on someone who appeared on a television show, the sport will have become nothing more than a spinoff of professional wrestling. At that point, you will have to pay close attention, or you'll miss it plunging off the deep end into oblivion.
You are not taking into account any of the years of work it takes to make it to the major leagues. Anyone who was good enough to be considered for a professional baseball player did not need "reality TV" to get them in.
When baseball teams begin to stock their rosters based on someone who appeared on a television show, the sport will have become nothing more than a spinoff of professional wrestling. At that point, you will have to pay close attention, or you'll miss it plunging off the deep end into oblivion.
You are not taking into account any of the years of work it takes to make it to the major leagues. Anyone who was good enough to be considered for a professional baseball player did not need "reality TV" to get them in.
UGHHH!!! Wrestling is FAKE. Hello!? If they're good enough to make it, it will be on their talent, not wheter or not they can do a piledriver. They are the longest of longshots. They're from India, they don't play baseball there. However, as I've stated before, if and it is a huge if, they made it, imagine the marketing potential. I don't get how you don't get this. There is nothing but positive from this.
UGHHH!!! Wrestling is FAKE. Hello!? If they're good enough to make it, it will be on their talent, not wheter or not they can do a piledriver. They are the longest of longshots. They're from India, they don't play baseball there. However, as I've stated before, if and it is a huge if, they made it, imagine the marketing potential. I don't get how you don't get this. There is nothing but positive from this.
You nailed it!!!This was done to open up the Indian market.Think of how much money is brought in currently because of Hideki Matsui and Ichiro and now also in Taiwan (Wang).With such a high population and for the thought of merchandising and new revenue this is a gold mine and another stepping stone for expanding baseball to the rest of the world.
You nailed it!!!This was done to open up the Indian market.Think of how much money is brought in currently because of Hideki Matsui and Ichiro and now also in Taiwan (Wang).With such a high population and for the thought of merchandising and new revenue this is a gold mine and another stepping stone for expanding baseball to the rest of the world.
And if so, then you'll see major league baseball scouts buying tickets for destinations throughout India. You certainly won't ever get any complaints from me about that. My problem is with so-called "reality television."
And if so, then you'll see major league baseball scouts buying tickets for destinations throughout India. You certainly won't ever get any complaints from me about that. My problem is with so-called "reality television."
The problem with reality TV is that it seems to get dumber and dumber but anything that promotes people getting off their as_ is fine by me.
Unlike the Japanese, Indians have no interest in baseball whatsoever, so I doubt that signing these two guys will do anything to advance Major League Baseball in that country.
Unlike the Japanese, Indians have no interest in baseball whatsoever, so I doubt that signing these two guys will do anything to advance Major League Baseball in that country.
In all likelihood, you're right. But before we can even get to a discussion of what these signings could do for baseball in India, let's see if either of these kids even gets close to the major leagues.
Face it: the odds are astronomically against them. Yeah, they appeared on a "reality" TV program and threw a baseball 100mph. There's an encyclopedia full of kids who could throw a baseball fast. Occasionally, one or two of them gets as far as the major leagues. Then some genuine reality sets in: they can throw with blazing speed, but they can only manage to throw fastballs. Even a mediocre batter can handle a fastball, particularly when he knows it's coming.
The question is not whether or not they can throw. The question is whether or not they can pitch. Throwing is not pitching. Well, the Pirates were willing to take a chance, and try to catch lightning in a bottle. We'll see what happens!
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