Daniel Norris continues to rep for those who live in vans down by the river, homers in first at-bat

Tales arose at the beginning of the season of a man whose fastball was as electric as his desire to meet singer Jack Johnson, whose idea of a perfect day was surfing into a beautiful Hawaiian sunset and who lived in a van down by a river. 

No, we're not talking about famed motivational speaker Matt Foley, we're talking about former-Blue-Jays-pitching-prospect-now-Tigers-starting-pitcher Daniel Norris. His team is in Chicago taking on the Cubs this week and on Tuesday, the 22-year-old showed off some power during BP -- shamelessly breaking Wrigley Field's brand new videoboard:

So Daniel Norris just broke one of the Cubs new scoreboards during batting practice. pic.twitter.com/3VcfEby6zk

— Dan (@dan_atwater) August 18, 2015

And in his very first Major League at-bat during his start on Wednesday night, Norris deposited one over the center-field fence:

He's the first AL pitcher to homer in his first plate appearance since Esteban Yan (2000) and the first AL pitcher to EVER homer at Wrigley Field.

By the way, #Tigers Daniel Norris is 1st American League pitcher to hit a home run at Wrigley Field. How about that. #Cubs

— Carrie Muskat (@CarrieMuskat) August 20, 2015

And, most importantly, according to our research, he's the first to do it while hailing from a van down by the river.

Unfortunately, Norris exited the game with a right oblique strain in the fifth inning. He allowed three runs and four hits, while striking out six. The Tigers won, 15-8.