Guyana’s Lindani Anderson may want to seek an audience with India’s Rinku Singh and Dinesh Patel; the two baseball players whose lives were depicted in the Hollywood Box-Office hit ‘Million Dollar Arm’.

In the movie which chronicled the two players’ journey to becoming the first Indians to play in America’s Major League Baseball (MLB), it showed how players coming from parts of the world where the sport is relatively unknown, can rise to prominence just by using their God- gift talent.

There’s so much similarity between Anderson, Patel and Singh.

They were all raw talent who has never touched a baseball before a reality TV show came into fruition. They all played cricket with some amount of success in the World’s second most popular sport and most importantly, they came from countries where baseball isn’t even played.

Anderson departed Guyana yesterday for Florida after winning the E-Networks/Guyana Baseball League (GBL) reality show and will now attempt to join the Baltimore Orioles.

The Orioles is one of MLB’s most storied franchises and after a visit by the club’s International recruiting director and famed baseball scout Fred Ferreira, Anderson was hand picked by the legendary scout.

Anderson, 24, also holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Business Management and Administration from the Manchester Metropolitan University in England and said that he’s ecstatic about the prospects of him playing professional baseball but said that his journey has only now begun since the real work is showing the coaches and talent searchers that he has what it takes to be signed.

The Georgetown Cricket Club (GCC) Club member said that he credits his back ground in cricket for being able to pitch and bat and is adamant that he can fuse the two sports to get the success desired to play in the MLB.

“I know what it is to fail, I was a cricketer and was a net bowler in England for a couple clubs so I know what it is to fail and I don’t intend on failing. I think the transition will be easy for me because cricket and baseball have a lot of similarities so I don’t see a problem there; I’m looking forward to it…my family supports me and I’m positive,” Anderson told reporters at a Press Conference held prior to his departure.

The Orioles’ scout Justin Prinstein upon his visit to Guyana to launch the E-Networks/GBL reality TV Show in February last, stated that sooner than later, the Major Leagues will see its first Guyanese player and lauded the work of Robin Singh GBL President, and his affiliates for pioneering the game on these shores.

Vishok Persaud, Managing Director of E-Networks, said that Anderson’s success and the dedication shown by Singh and the other members of the GBL was good enough to make him more than a believer in the sport.

Persaud said that E-Networks is “happy to be associated with the Guyana Baseball League, it was a project that was interesting because Guyana doesn’t know about baseball; but we at E-Networks wanted to be part of something different and something special. We are in post-production of the show and when it is done and aired on E-Networks and local TV, we hope that it can inspire persons to be the best at what they do not necessarily in baseball, but with any sport or talent they have,”

The 6’ 8” Anderson is hailed by Singh as the first but certainly not the last, with the GBL hoping that with their execution of the programmes planned, more Guyanese will be afforded the same opportunity.

Meanwhile, Anderson met with Minister of Sport Dr. Frank Anthony and was encouraged to focus on the task ahead which is to make it to the Major leagues and to open the doors for other Guyanese players.