India Now Exports Pitchers

oh the only pitchers we know of india come filled with beer. but in what looks like a publicity stunt, major league baseball drafted two desis to pitch for pittsburgh pirates baseball team.

the selection was done by an open competition called “million dollar arm” (check out their page on how to throw a pitch [...]

Total Paisa Vasool

even in IPL cricket, indian players are going in for value-pricing. 17 of the top 20 players (in terms of production on the field vs. player contract value) are indian players. check out the complete rediff story. very soon someone will start playing the moneyball.

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As Genuine As It Gets

i thought he was a clinger while he played on for the last 4-5 years while people were overbearing on him to quit, but i now no why.

you must be divinely blessed to have a job and a career you just can’t peel away from. for those that are in india.. brett favre retired [...]

No Monkeying Around, This is Indian Cricket

one thing the aussie and the world knows but doesn’t really GET it, is that sachin is a god and cricket is a religion in india. it’s beyond a religion in india.. whereas religions devide india, cricket UNITES india.

so harbhajan singh calls somebody a monkey. the tough guy symonds suddently gets all soft and [...]

Cricket Over Plusmo

checked out plusmo after an alum (Ro?) sent out a help-wanted ad in our alumni mailing list. sounded cool, and it did cool things. but later discovered that cricinfo had a cool plusmo gadget called MobiCast for mobile phones. installed it on my blackberry 8800, works like a charm. the best ball-by-ball user experience so [...]