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Daniel Norris - minimalist Blue Jays rookie

 
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PostPosted: Sat Mar 07, 2015 4:18 am    Post subject: Daniel Norris - minimalist Blue Jays rookie Reply with quote
Nothing to do with ESL, but I found this story very interesting. I thought I was a minimalist, but this guy makes me feel like daddy's precious darling.

Quite an admirable young man, I think. How about you?

http://espn.go.com/espn/feature/story/_/id/12420393/top-blue-jays-prospect-daniel-norris-lives-own-code
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PostPosted: Fri Apr 10, 2015 3:48 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
I read that story and was impressed with this young man. He made the team and just got his first win over the Yankees last night. Hopefully he can keep it up and help the Jays finally make the playoffs again.

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Norris wore a knit hat as he walked through the clubhouse hours before the game, but pitched in short sleeves on a 42-degree night.

"It feels weird for me to pitch in sleeves. I've just got to keep everything the same," said Norris, who had his parents in the stands and was given the game ball as a keepsake.

The 21-year-old rookie received plenty of attention in spring training for his unusual, rustic lifestyle — he was living out of his 1978 Volkswagen van in a Wal-Mart parking lot and cooking on a portable stove. Hardly what you would expect from a second-round draft pick who got a multimillion dollar signing bonus.

But the Blue Jays are hoping for big things on the mound from Norris, who went 12-2 and led the minors in strikeouts per nine innings last year. The left-hander from Tennessee, an avid surfer with curly hair and a dark beard, used his polished off-speed pitches and allowed six hits in 5 2-3 innings.

"I thought he was really in control. He looked confident and relaxed out there," Toronto manager John Gibbons said. "He picked up where he left off in spring training."

http://www.tsn.ca/blue-jays-top-yankees-in-norris-first-win-1.252666
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