Extry, Extry: Rick VandenHurk Remains Endearing

As previously reported in these electronic pages, Oriole pitcher and writing Dutchman Rick VandenHurk has spent the last couple weeks in Europe with teammates Adam Jones and Jeremy Guthrie — plus some other baseball-types — offering instructional camps to tiny little foreign people.

Or, I should say, he was in Europe. The group has now concluded their duties abroad and flown back to the US of A. Even so, that hasn’t stopped VandenHurk from attempting to charm your pants off one last time.

Of note from VandenHurk’s most recent dispatch:

• More instances of totally unnecessary, but still entirely delightful, capitalization — including the words/phrases Indoor, Big Welcome, and Clinic.
• A brief account of a PSV Eindhoven match.
• Which, that means Adam Jones was at a PSV Eindhoven match.

Finally, and extra specially, the careful reader will note that the perpetually considerate VandenHurk signed his name “Vandy” in observance of Ron Gardenhire Day.