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El Supremo

(20,365 posts)
Fri Mar 6, 2015, 01:41 PM Mar 2015

He 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 OP
That's livin'. Iggo Mar 2015 #1
looks fun! frylock Mar 2015 #2
I Can See Being Able To Do That In Florida ProfessorGAC Mar 2015 #3
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