Hey, everybody, and welcome to episode number 240 of the Chris Rose Rotation, a production of John Boy Media.

And I'm super excited because we haven't talked to this guy since the end of spring training.

Chris Bassett of the Toronto Blue Jays, where the heck we've been hiding you?

Where are you been?

All over the country, but yeah, I'm glad to be back for sure.

But, yeah, it's been a long time.

Yeah, well, we are joining you from Detroit.

We are, truth be told, we are recording this on a Friday.

So this is the closest stop you will make to where you grew up.

You grew up about, what, 75 miles from here?

Yeah, it's like a 40-minute drive, 40-50-minute drive.

Oh, I think crazy.

Well, no, then it's not 75 miles, unless my dad was driving, because that's how long it would

take him to cover, you know, whatever.

So is Detroit, like, where you learned about big league baseball?

I know you were Cleveland fan, but did

you drive to Detroit since it was closer to go watch big league games? No, it was more Cleveland

sports. It was all, like Kenny Lofton, Jim Tommy, Manor Ramirez, it was all those guys. So, I mean,

obviously Detroit, like the Lions and stuff definitely dominate, I would say, TV rights and all that stuff, like, where I'm from.

But overall, I would say I grew up on Cleveland sports for sure.

Yeah, wait.

So I know that, you know, you and I talk about this all the time offline about the Browns.

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