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Related: About this forumHe lives in a van down by the Walmart.

It's March and that can only mean one thing for baseball fans - a scouting report on the eye-popping cars that players take to spring training. Royals shortstop Alcides Escobar has a golden truck. Tigers pitcher Alfredo Simon drives a chrome car. And Blue Jays pitcher Daniel Norris opts for a 1978 Volkswagon van ... that he lives in.
Wait, what?
Yes, the left-hander with a $2 million signing bonus lives in a camper behind a Wal-Mart in Florida.
"I've gotten used to people staring," Norris told ESPN's Eli Saslow.
The Johnson City, Tennessee native told ESPN that he bought the van for $10,000 as a way to escape the pressure cooker of Major League Baseball....
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/mlb-player-daniel-norris-lives-in-a-van-behind-florida-wal-mart/
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He lives in a van down by the Walmart. (Original Post)
El Supremo
Mar 2015
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Iggo
(49,752 posts)1. That's livin'.
frylock
(34,825 posts)2. looks fun!
ProfessorGAC
(76,123 posts)3. I Can See Being Able To Do That In Florida
In Toronto, not so much, especially in April and September.
