{"id":88301,"date":"2016-06-23T14:35:31","date_gmt":"2016-06-23T05:35:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/?post_type=news&#038;p=88301&#038;lang=en"},"modified":"2016-06-23T14:39:38","modified_gmt":"2016-06-23T05:39:38","slug":"softbank-hawks-van-den-hurk-renews-contract-%c2%a51200000000","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/news\/softbank-hawks-van-den-hurk-renews-contract-%c2%a51200000000\/","title":{"rendered":"SoftBank Hawks&#8217; Van den Hurk Renews Contract for \u00a51,200,000,000"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Pitcher Rick van den Hurk has agreed to renew his contract with the SoftBank Hawks for another three years for \u00a51,200,000,000. The contract was supposed to end at the close of this season (van den Hurk joined last season), but he has become a highly valued team member not only for his abilities but for his attitude. The 31-year-old Dutch pitcher can pitch over 150 km\/h, deliver curve balls, and he became the first Nippon Professional Baseball pitcher to start his first-team career by winning his first 14 decisions. Van den Hurk said he is pleased to be staying with the team and to remain a member of the SoftBank Hawks; he hopes to win more games with his great teammates, and looks forward to continuing to play in front of the team\u2019s enthusiastic fans. Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/www3.nhk.or.jp\/news\/html\/20160621\/k10010565071000.html\" target=\"_blank\">NHK News Web, 6\/21<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/1870-3_44_20160531H_D-e1466659048591.jpg?resize=640%2C427\" alt=\"1870-3_44_20160531H_D\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-88302\" \/><br \/>\n(C)SoftBank HAWKS<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pitcher Rick van den Hurk has agreed to renew his contract with the SoftBank Hawks for another three years for \u00a51,200,000,000. The contract was supposed to end at the close of this season&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":26469,"featured_media":88302,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"class_list":["post-88301","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-category-sports","en-US"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/88301","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/26469"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=88301"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/88302"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=88301"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=88301"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}