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Blue Jays pitching prospect Daniel Norris has had plenty of time to reflect on his 2014 season. That’s one of the perks of living alone in a van for weeks at a time.

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Daniel Norris was 18 years old and fresh out of high school in 2011 when the Toronto Blue Jays gave him US$2-million to sign a pro contract. Like many newly rich prospects, he immediately bought his dream ride.

He had craved it since childhood: a 1978 Volkswagen Westfalia microbus, known as a hippie van back in the day.

Norris named it Shaggy, after the Scooby-Doo cartoon character. It is stuffed with gear, including a couple of surfboards, and he lives in it for weeks on end, driving from one surfing spot to the next when baseball is not in season, popping the roof and curling up in the overhead bunk bed at night.