On a cold winter day, Tigers pitcher Daniel Norris sat in the press box at Comerica Park, looking across the frozen field, while playing a video game displayed on the giant scoreboard beyond the leftfield fence.
Hunter Bowman, an 11-year-old from Ludington, sat next to Norris, playing against his hero. Hunter wore a white Tigers jersey with No. 44 on his back, the same number Norris wears. Hunter has thyroid cancer, similar to the kind Norris had last season.
Norris was fortunate to catch his cancer at an early stage. He had surgery in October, and the cancer was removed.