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New Tiger Norris a talented, unorthodox adventurer

Get ready, Detroit.

Daniel Norris is about to re-define a few notions about big-league pitchers and their supposed elite lifestyles.

Norris, 22, and one of the upper-tier pitching prospects in all of baseball, was snatched Thursday by the Tigers in a deal that sent David Price to Toronto and brought Norris, as well as two other left-handed prospects, to the Tigers.

Pitching skill is why Norris is destined for Comerica Park, although how he arrives there could represent a first in Tigers travel modes.

A native of Johnson City, Tennessee, Norris is famous for having lived in a 1978 Volkswagen van he nicknamed "Shaggy.