Rinku Singh throw the fastest and most accurate baseball. Having never heard of baseball before, Singh won the contest out of over 37,000 participants after throwing 87 miles per hour. The grand prize for the contest was $100,000. After winning the contest, Singh and runner-up Dinesh Patel travelled to Los Angeles where they trained with University of Southern California pitching coach Tom House, who trained pitchers such as Nolan Ryan and Randy Johnson. Singh said that most of his family did not agree with his decision to go to the United States. On their first day in the United States the two
A Throw of Dice on 25 April 2013, as part of the 100 Years of Indian Film festival, at Siri Fort Auditorium in New Delhi, with the composer playing sitar and singing, accompanied by the Bollywood Orchestra. Upon its re-release in 2007, a review in "The New York Times" stated, """There’s hardly a frame in the 1929 film “A Throw of Dice” that doesn’t provide a surge of visual pleasure""", while Peter Bradshaw, a reviewer for "The Guardian" called it, """a rare and fascinating gem". "The Observer" reviewer, Philip French, termed it, """a remarkable silent movie""". A Throw of Dice A Throw of Dice