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Meet the pro baseball player who scored a $2 million signing bonus and lives in a van he bought for $10,000

KATHLEEN ELKINSJun 29, 2016, 00:00 IST

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MLB pitcher Daniel Norris has always marched to the beat of his own drum.

The 23-year-old lefty was baptized in his baseball uniform; he's never tasted alcohol or tried drugs; and the first thing he bought with his $2 million pro baseball signing bonus was a $14 t-shirt.

He also chooses to live in a Volkswagen camper during the off season. Read on to meet the pitcher, cancer survivor, outdoors enthusiast, and self-proclaimed "non-conformist":