Ajay Gallewalle grew up in a small town in India, and when he finally got the chance to play, the stakes were high: a girl he had a crush on would be watching the game. Upon learning that the existing pantheon of Hindu gods did not include a deity overseeing success in baseball, Gallewalle got creative.
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