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Surfing, spin rates and shared faith: Tigers' Boyd, Norris savor nine-year bond

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Detroit — Daniel Norris remembers the first time he shared a living space with Matthew Boyd. It was back in 2013, in Lansing, when they were both pitching for the Lugnuts, the Blue Jays’ Low-A affiliate.

“I told him he could come live with us,” Norris recalled in a Zoom call Monday. “He walked in and said, ‘Where’s your room?’ I said, ‘I’m in the attic.’ I slept on a hammock that year.”

Hard to believe that Norris and Boyd are entering their ninth season together. The two left-handers climbed the rungs in the Blue Jays system.