J.B. Bernstein and Rinku Singh Interview

J.B. Bernstein's career as a marketer of professional athletes is chronicled, including the retirement of his client, NFL running back Barry Sanders, and his acquisition of Emmitt Smith and Barry Bonds. Bernstein also talks about how he functions on approximately two hours of sleep each night.

This Million Dollar Arm documentary segment originally aired shortly after Rinku Singh and Dinesh Patel were signed by the Pittsburgh Pirates organization on November 24, 2008. Mark Schwarz follows the two teenage reality show contestants from India as they try to land a big league contract. Footage of Rinku and Dinesh's tryouts in front of major league scouts is shown, and USC pitching coach Tom House (Bill Paxton in the movie) is interviewed.

Watch the Million Dollar Arm movie trailer for the film starring Jon Hamm as sports agent J.B. Bernstein, who helped create a contest in India to recruit potential players for Major League Baseball. The two winners, Rinku Singh and Dinesh Kumar Patel, were both former javelin throwers. Bernstein's strategy was criticized as a publicity stunt, as the media waited to see if his discoveries were major league material.