05-27-25 - Foul Ball Catch Reacts Emails - WNBA Marketing Strategy This Season Seems To Be Racism - Watching The Weinermobile Race At Indy Was Great And We Need More Of It

Summary

Summary of "Holmberg's Morning Sickness - Arizona" Episode on May 27, 2025

Host: John Holmberg, alongside co-hosts Brady Bogen, Bret Vesely, and Dick Toledo.

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1. Foul Ball Catches and Listener Interactions

The episode kicks off with John Holmberg addressing an influx of listener emails concerning foul ball catches at baseball games. Holmberg recounts a personal experience where he and his friends unintentionally caught a foul ball, only to later realize its owner.

• Holmberg (02:04): "People emailing me like you didn't give that foul ball to a kid. You know it didn't even dawn on me."

The hosts delve into the ethical dilemmas of keeping foul balls versus gifting them to enthusiastic young fans. Bret Vesley candidly shares his stance on the matter.

• Vesley (02:40): "I've never caught a foul ball at a baseball game. And I think I'd be a dick and I would just keep it myself. I'm not giving it to some kid."

The conversation highlights various anecdotes, including instances where individuals fiercely competed over foul balls, emphasizing the sentimental and collectible value these moments hold for fans.

• Holmberg (04:20): "Kevin did the full, like, you know, get good grades, follow science, say no to drugs. Science is the future. And, yeah, lay off the smack. Young man hands it to him."

2. Listener Emails and Personal Anecdotes

John Holmberg continues to engage with listener feedback, sharing and responding to emails that range from humorous to serious. One notable email from Alan announces his move to Wyoming, prompting Holmberg to humorously comment on the shift.

• Holmberg (08:23): "Alan's out there in Wyoming putting numbers up."

Another email from David Rogowski brings up concerns about public restroom hygiene, specifically referencing the tampering of toilet paper rolls with used needles.

• Holmberg (12:17): "Your friend and hatred effing David Rogowski."

The hosts discuss the implications of these issues, blending humor with genuine concern, and offer light-hearted advice to the email contributors.

3. WNBA Marketing Strategy and Racism

A substantial portion of the episode is dedicated to a critical analysis of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA)'s marketing strategies. Holmberg argues that the league is leveraging racial themes to boost viewership, particularly focusing on star player Caitlin Clark.

He criticizes ESPN's portrayal of Clark, suggesting that her success is being framed within a racial context rather than purely on athletic merit.

• Holmberg (16:05): "the WNBA is that back and I gotta hand it to them. They've got a marketing plan. It's racism."

Holmberg compares this approach to historical instances in sports, where black athletes like Johnny Unitas didn't receive similar racialized attention despite their contributions.

• Holmberg (17:00): "Johnny Unitis never bitched that Troy Aikman got all this attention."

The discussion extends to the broader implications of race in sports media coverage, arguing that such tactics are manipulative and detract from genuine athletic achievement.

• Holmberg (23:20): "They're using racism as their... they're trying to draw people in with racism."

4. Weinermobile Race at Indy

Shifting gears, the hosts express enthusiasm for the Weinermobile Race held at Indianapolis, celebrating its unique and entertaining nature. They reminisce about past races and discuss potential improvements to enhance the event's excitement.

• Holmberg (36:05): "It's high time that we made the wiener mobile race an absolute annual event."

The conversation includes playful suggestions like installing more powerful engines to increase the race's speed and competitiveness, while also considering safety enhancements for participants.

• Holmberg (37:39): "Let's pump this thing up. Yeah. To, like, 180."

The hosts appreciate the event's novelty, advocating for its expansion and increased adaptability to maintain audience engagement.

5. Conclusion and Music Segments

As the episode progresses towards its conclusion, the hosts transition into promoting upcoming music segments tailored for Memorial Day. They feature a mix of classic rock, metal, and other genres, ensuring a lively end to the broadcast.

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Notable Quotes:

• Holmberg (02:04): "People emailing me like you didn't give that foul ball to a kid. You know it didn't even dawn on me."

• Vesley (02:40): "I'm not giving it to some kid."

• Holmberg (16:05): "the WNBA is that back and I gotta hand it to them. They've got a marketing plan. It's racism."

• Holmberg (37:39): "Let's pump this thing up. Yeah. To, like, 180."

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Overall Impression

John Holmberg and his co-hosts deliver an engaging and multifaceted discussion, seamlessly blending personal stories with critical analysis of current sports marketing practices. The episode offers listeners a mix of humor, candid opinions, and thoughtful critiques, making it both entertaining and thought-provoking. Whether debating the ethics of keeping foul balls or scrutinizing the WNBA's racial marketing tactics, the hosts maintain a dynamic and relatable dialogue that resonates with their audience.

Transcript

[Brett Vesley]

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[Brett Vesley]

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[Unknown]

A whole lot more.

[John Holmberg]

Still streaming Homberg's morning sickness [e-mail] thank you Katie and the Hobbs that's miles to nowhere. The theme song is over. The day has begun. It is official. People emailing me like you didn't give that foul ball to a kid. You know it didn't even dawn on me.

[Brett Vesley]

Wasn't yours, though.

[John Holmberg]

I know we did either. But, like, no kids were around. There were those teen girls in front of us. They didn't even, like, they didn't even act interested. They were tweens. Yeah. No, we didn't think about.

[Unknown]

Remember who hit it?

[John Holmberg]

No, that was one thing. We were laughing so hard and I'm like, who hit that? None of us paid attention. And so Brian went back and he watched the replay. He's gonna find out what it was because even his. He texts his daughter like, hey, foul ball. She goes, who hit it? He's like, you know what? I don't know. I have no idea what happened. We were giggling so hard at how it punched Brian in the stomach.

[Brett Vesley]

I've never caught a foul ball at a baseball game. And I think. I think I'd be a dick and I would just keep it myself. I'm not giving it to some kid.

[John Holmberg]

That was Kevin Ray.

[Brett Vesley]

Waited 50 years for this.

[John Holmberg]

Exactly. That's the thing that's like, oh, you can go buy yourself a baseball. Well, then why do people fight over the foul balls? If you can just go buy one and it's no big deal, then it wouldn't be a big deal. Like, nobody would stand up when they. It's a cool thing. And the kid in all of us wants to hang on to that ball. And then some doe eyed little kid goes, that's what Jeremy emailed and he says, I had a buddy catch foul ball once. He said to me, he goes, I'm taking this home to my daughter. This is so cool. And three kids ran up from another section with their gloves out. And he's like, nope, it's mine. And the whole section starts booing. Didn't matter. He didn't give in. He was giving it to his kid and he had to announce it. So you have to stand. Well, I'm giving it to my daughter. Oh, all right. I watched the one in spring training this year. My buddy Craig and I were there and it was awesome. That old lady had it just land in her hands. She didn't even get up right in. And the guy behind her pulled it, pried it from her old dying body just right out of her hands. And the whole place just starts booing. And then he hands it to, like, a kid who didn't look 100. I think the kid might had a helmet or something. It gives it to the kid and then everybody, oh, boo. All right, okay, okay. Like, we were the judge and jury of where that ball had to go, but I'm with You? Yeah, Kevin Ray last year, caught foul ball while I was sitting with him and hung onto it. And at the end of the night, he walks up to the kid in front of us in the row in front of us, and he goes, hey, do you want this? And he talks to him about something and he said, like, kevin did the full, like, you know, get good grades, follow science, Say no to drugs. Science is the future. And, yeah, lay off the smack. Young man hands it to him. And the kids like, thanks.

[Unknown]

Holy cow.

[John Holmberg]

And I'm like, you know what? He changed his mind. And I reached 40. And the kids like, oh. I'm like, I'm just kidding. You can have it. But I wouldn't have given that to you. I think the crowd.

[Unknown]

If you catch the ball, like you said, Brighton, you go home and you bring it. It's about a couple years, and you're like, what's this ball doing up here? Oh, I caught it a couple years ago. Remember who hit it? No, it's baseball.

[John Holmberg]

Yeah. Rodney Scott hit the one. My dad doesn't last long.

[Unknown]

I mean, it's one of those.

[John Holmberg]

Yeah, but still, it's just that it's awesome. When my dad caught one when I was eight at Three River Stadium, it was hit by Rodney Scott, who played for the Expos. It bounced off the press box, came back, and he snagged it. I'll never forget it. It was like, as a kid, it was an awesome moment. And I had to wait till we got to the car. I could. I could hold the ball, but he kept taking it back. And I have to remember at the time, if I was 7, my dad. My dad was 31, so he was a prick kid, too. He was. It was like. It wasn't like he was some sage wise. He wanted that ball just as much as I did. I think I'd have fun with it and, like, go, would you like this, young man? I'd pull the full Ted Dibiase. Yeah, thanks. Oh, no, no, no. I have it all. I just wanted to know what it feels like to want and then take it right back to him. Yeah, you're a jerk. Yes, sir. And I'd find kids like, I caught this foul ball for me. No, no, no, that's mine. That's. Yeah. I would not. I would not. I don't know that I'd be too quick to hand it over or fall for the pressure. I think the more you booed me, the more I'd rave about keeping it like that would egg me on to go, all right. Maybe I would have given it to a kid. But not now. Not when you judgy pricks come out of the woodwork.

[Brett Vesley]

What about. What about a home run ball from the opposite team? If you're in the bleachers, roll back. You throwing it back immediately.

[John Holmberg]

It's part of the. That's part of the fun of that.

[Unknown]

Fun of the.

[John Holmberg]

Yeah, that's. That's almost better than catching it.

[Unknown]

Crowd reaction's great.

[John Holmberg]

And yesterday, by the way, you don't give it to a kid. You give it to, like, a veteran or somebody who stood up during the, you know, Memorial Day stuff. He probably lost a friend. The old man that was sitting directly in front of us got out of his chair when they did the. Everybody rise for the. Or just the. If you served, stand up. And his wife had to, like, pat him on the back, like, do it. And he gets up and he's kind of hunched over and he's doing the thing. And Brian didn't give him the ball either. Like, we kept it. It's ours. Pretty good. Pretty. Pretty impressed. A lot of weird emails, but yeah. So I didn't even think about the kid thing. If I catch one this. If I cat, I'm going again tonight. If I catch one tonight, I'm keeping that, too. There. I'm just gonna. It's a collection. When you guys caught that foul ball, did the Walmart guy run down to make Reggie pay for it? Yeah, that's true. We had the foul balls. Like, I'm sorry, before you leave the. The area, you got to pay for that. And then Reggie had another bit of racism happen last night. He went over to Jaliscos Tacos, whatever. Over in the ballpark. It's up in the right field since. Cause Reggie won't eat cheese or dairy. He's got, like, all sorts of issues with that. So he couldn't find anything to order. So he's like, I'm gonna go. I'll find something. And he walked all the way over to that thing and he got two tacos. And the guy said, you gotta eat those here. It's like, why? Because I can't get two tacos to go. No. Like, it's the ballpark. No. And he gives them to him on a tray. So Reggie's like, I'm hungry now. So I'm eating it. And the other guy comes over and he asks the other employee, can I get. Can I leave with these? And he goes, yeah, why couldn't you? Because that guy says, I'm not allowed to leave he said, no, you gotta eat him in front of me. I don't know what you're up to.

[Brett Vesley]

He's gonna steal the tray.

[John Holmberg]

I don't know. I don't know. But the dude made me eat there right in front of him. He was upset, and I'm like, I think he just had a fan. Yeah. He just like, what do you think of the tacos? You're a little aggressive. Yeah. He's like, I couldn't leave. And I'm like, this is great. Like, I'm experiencing an awful lot of, you know, racism, adjacency. I'm like, near it.

[Unknown]

He's gonna take the tray.

[John Holmberg]

Yeah. I don't know. But he. Then don't give him a tray. Put it in a bag. He wanted it to go, no, you can't take it out into the ballpark. You gotta eat it here. All right, I guess he goes, that's weird. Then the other employee said, no. You don't know why you couldn't. Why just leave. I. Guy seemed pretty upset about it. Hey, sit down and eat those tacos. I worked hard on those. This guy says, dear John, I'm sorry to say that this is the final week that I will be listening to you live. Not say, I won't be listening anymore, because I'm going to hop on the app. But not the one that goes through Djibouti. Yeah, be careful with that one. I'm going to be moving to Wyoming where the life slows down, the pace is better, and I get to turn into Walt from Gran Torino. Get off my effing lawn. Thanks for everything. Signed, Alan. Alan has been emailing me for years. And so he's off to Wyoming. He's no longer going to listen live, but it still counts. That's fine. Alan's out there in Wyoming putting numbers up. And again, the regular app is fine. The KUPD app is great. This new thing, the Djibouti app. The Djibouti app, which is what we should call it, the African Djibouti app. That does all the. That's right, Fred. Sorry. It does all of the extra stuff. The. It's got Guadalupe squares. I don't know exactly what. It's an archive of things. I'm not sure what it is. Is doing too well in Africa to be legitimate. And so I am the only one in the building that's going to be honest with you. If it was up to our bosses or our sales staff, they would tell you, just let them have their identity stolen. No, I'm not going to do it. Too much action in Africa doesn't add up. And this is from a guy who won a generator off of emails. I know my way around bad things, trust me. Although I did get two new coffee makers and an awesome, and I mean awesome set of flower pots. I don't know why they're giving those away through scams. They were pretty great. So I've signed up for that as well. And I know I already know better oops than to hand that to you guys. You guys can. But this African Djibouti morning sickness thing. Come on trips. Like, what are you doing? It just drives. What are you doing? I'm like, Djibouti and Cameroon. We're killing it there. That doesn't concern anyone here. No, those numbers count just the same. Like, all right, good luck then. This one says, dear John, you bastard. Oh, there I am, living my life, minding my own business, listening to your show, and you explained something to me that I never thought about even once in life. And now I can't stop thinking about it. The effing rolls of toilet paper in public restrooms. I check them every time now to see if anything's poked in the sides. Yeah, remember we did that story where the needles druggies were stuffing their used needles in the sides of public toilet paper rolls and cleaning them off in the. Ugh. So I never knew it was a problem. I never even thought it could be, let alone that one would cons the problem that would consume me every time I had to drop one off. Poop. Now I check constantly. Your friend and hatred effing David Rogowski. Also, this means that every time I am pooping, I think of you. So thanks for that as well. Well, here's the thing, David. Stop going to take dumps in public so much. Unless you've got Crohn's disease or something. There's no reason for you to have to poop in public this often to where it's become a concern of yours. Or keep your own toilet paper roll in your backpack.

[Unknown]

I had Crohn's or something like that. I probably would have my own.

[John Holmberg]

No, if I had Crohn's, I'd be walking around with charming like the full packs. If I had Crohn's, that's like my worst nightmare as a death sentence for you. Yeah, I think I would hang myself if I had Crohn's. I don't think I make it out alive because public toilets and public pooping is. It's a no. It's a non starter hard. No, I think I'd cure my own Crohn's. I think my brain would just be like, we gotta. We gotta get around this.

[Brett Vesley]

This dude's done here.

[John Holmberg]

My ass would be so strong, I could make diamonds out of coal I could crush because I could crone up. My. My anus would be a vice grip. There would never be a chance where I'd have to be like, where I got to go take a Crohn's poo.

[Unknown]

Is that a homburg diamond?

[John Holmberg]

Ever since he had Crohn's, he can mash up anything. Cracking walnuts. I'm doing all sorts of stuff with it. That thing with that would be a tough anus. Good luck raping me like putting it in a wood chipper. Boy, what a risk. That just dawned on me. What a risk in the gay community, if you're a. A gay rapist that you run into a guy with Crohn's, then just chocolate LeBaron everywhere.

[Brett Vesley]

You might be used to it.

[John Holmberg]

Yeah, if you dabble back there, that's where it lives. But Crohn's would be a different. That would be like a squirter.

[Unknown]

Seen a lot of Brett videos. That does seem to discourage people.

[John Holmberg]

Seems to be people kind of just plow through anyway, so. Sorry about that, but this sounds like a you problem. You're going to the bathroom in public too much. But it is a real thing. Check the sides of those deals, those drug addicts jamming their needles in the sides of toilet paper rolls. And you can see because it's the little dot of blood on the side of the toilet paper roll. And you know that a needle's been in there and it's cleaned itself off. That is so gross. That is so gross. I will not you. I will. I vow that I will never use public restroom toilet paper on my body ever. Ever. It's not a thing. It's not going to be a thing. It's not a thing.

[Unknown]

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[John Holmberg]

Services.Com Holg's Morning Sickness I gotta watch WNBA basketball. Had it on in the background. Watching the NBA playoffs have been fantastic, amazing games. But the WNBA is that back and I gotta hand it to them. They've got a marketing plan. It's racism. Yeah, they're doing great with it. They have. They have made Caitlin Clark the victimized little white girl and they're playing full into it. Watch some ESPN where they were saying this was the worst argument I've ever heard. Stephen A. Smith was arguing with somebody and they're like, why in the world do you think they're so mad at Caitlin Clark? They're throwing her around. They're banging into her, throwing elbows. They're trying to knock her over. They're Sophie Cunningham got beat up in her first game back. Like they were pushing and shoving and literally like wrestling her to the ground. Don't even have the ball.

[Brett Vesley]

Maybe it was Josh's wife that was.

[John Holmberg]

Yeah, that could be. Josh's wife got picked up by the Atlanta Dream.

[Unknown]

She called for the hit.

[John Holmberg]

So yeah, they're knocking her around too. And so ESPN had the argument, said, why is that? Why is there so much hatred for Caitlin Clark. And the girl said, because these girls have been playing this game for 25 years. And then this white girl shows up and gets all the attention. And I'm like, because she's better than anyone who's played the game already. Check the stats. Like, these girls, if they feel like.

[Unknown]

They'Ve built and they haven't been playing for 25.

[John Holmberg]

But you know what never happened? Johnny Unitas never bitched that Troy Aikman got all this attention. Johnny Unitis never said, I. I am the foundation of Peyton Manning, John Elway, Joe Montana, all the great quarterbacks that when the league exploded, that he never got to benefit from. Now, keep in mind, Johnny Unitis had to learn how to use his left hand to write and eat and do everything else because his football right hand was so devastated with injuries, he could only. He couldn't even hold, like, a pencil with his right hand. He learned to write. His nerve damage was so bad in his arm, it was basically paralyzed. It didn't have health coverage back then. The NFL didn't take care of anybody. And he. He doesn't look at that future as a bunch of guys he should be bitter towards. He's like, if it wasn't for guys like me, you know, they're standing on the shoulders of the greats. You're always standing on the shoulders of the people behind you. Caitlin Clark did not learn WNBA basketball by watching the wnba. She's clearly a fan of Steph Curry. She went out in her driveway and shot from 25, 26ft away. She just took a billion shots and became an assassin from the outside. Also watched a lot of NBA. Like, she reminds me a lot of Allen Iverson and Steph Curry. The way she plays the game is not modeled after anyone in the wnba. So they kept saying, like, well, it's because she's. You know, this white girl showed up and she's getting all the attention. So they're meaner to her. And I'm like, great work, espn. Terrible argument, but great work. Because now you've made it about espn. Race baits Constant got the Griner, and now the Griner thing happens on the heels of this. So now, to me, it's all that.

[Unknown]

Did you see over the weekend, this was actually a positive thing because it was Caitlyn Clark that probably got the rest of her team to go out for the national anthem.

[John Holmberg]

Oh, really? Wow.

[Unknown]

Where's the other girls? The other teams, most.

[John Holmberg]

They're still sitting it out. Brittney Griner better be standing.

[Brett Vesley]

What happened with that now well, they've.

[John Holmberg]

Been, they've been on that for a while because they thought that they do everything the NBA does. When the NBA did the thing where it's like, let's just not even go out there for it to risk any sort of protest. They come out after the end. I don't really have a problem with that either way. But if you want to come out and stand for it, that's great. Brittney Griner should be dead center in the middle of that logo, saluting the flag every single time that anthem plays. She should cry.

[Unknown]

That's the first thing.

[John Holmberg]

She should weep every time. So then Brittany Grine Reiner gets in trouble this weekend, or maybe because she, after a foul, turned back and goes trash. And then effing white girl talking to Caitlin Clark. Now, she has since said. She said. I didn't say that. I said trash. Effing whack call. That's what she said. If you read her lips, she's saying, white girl brilliant. Marketing, brilliant. And Brittney Griner's just an unlikable person. Can we trade her back? Can we. Can we take the Merchant of Death and, like, give a swaparoo? Can we keep him? He seems like somebody I'd want.

[Brett Vesley]

No take backs.

[John Holmberg]

True. I'd rather hang out with him, to be honest with you. At least he's got some interesting stories and some connections. Britney's just like, boy, that just that whole thing of, like, being grateful and everything just seems to have slipped away. You can't. You can't. Look, just be gracious constantly. You were in a Russian jail and you came back with attitude. How? Worst trade in American history. Brittney Griner for the Merchant of Death. I mean, worst trade in American history.

[Brett Vesley]

There's worse than the Babe Ruth trade, huh?

[John Holmberg]

Oh, yeah. But I mean, you know, the Red Sox just made a bad deal. I don't know who the Red Sox got. I think they just got the contract paid out. They were poor at the time. So probably, if you look into Boston's books, there's a couple of accountants sitting there going, now, you know, we take a lot of heat for the Babe Ruth thing, but it's kept us solvent. We could keep going. I don't know why we got so much heat for the Babe Ruth. I mean, we're still a team. Back then we would have gone out of business. So I'm sure that the Red Sox have a way around it. It hurt them. But come on. But yeah, the whole thing was. And yes, you did say white girl and if you are willing to say it, then, then say it then. Take. You know, it's on video. They don't have audio, so she's going to work her way around it. But if you're going to have the guts to do that, do it. They say white girl to her all the time. And Caitlin Clark, look, she's already in third place for most triple doubles of all time. It's time to stop acting like. Like she's not different than everyone who's ever played the game, no matter what color she is. Have there been good ones? Sure. Some of the WNBA players have been pretty good. As a whole. The league sucks. She's the first really good player they've ever had that everyone universally looks at and says she's excellent.

[Unknown]

You don't have curiosity. You want to check her out here so much.

[John Holmberg]

And I'll tell you this, she doesn't disappoint. When you watch a game, you're like, I see what people are talking about. She's good, and she's kind of fun to watch, especially now that for some reason she's like a Klansman out there. Like, you just know that there's also the soap opera that's happening, that's being. Nobody's trying to stop it. Nobody's saying, this is, you know, we're not stopping the game. The referees should stop the game the second they hear anybody say a racial slur. White or black, the game should stop. You're out. What? You're gone. I heard what you said. You're out. You're out of the game. And there's fines attached to everything else. If they truly cared about it. If they truly cared about it, they would, you know, you scream out, white girl, blah, blah. Okay? Lesbian, anything, any sort of slur, you're out.

[Brett Vesley]

Because it's a slur.

[John Holmberg]

Well, it depends.

[Brett Vesley]

Not least certain.

[John Holmberg]

Certain words that, yes, you could throw at them.

[Brett Vesley]

The lesbian part.

[John Holmberg]

I know you know which ones I meant. There's a couple extras in there, you know, like if somebody just goes trout, fisherman, like, just. She's out. Yeah. Salmon hands, things like that. You can't say that, right? You can't. That's not a thing you can do. But Brittney Griner, of all people, shouldn't be rolling her eyes at anybody saying, I can do what I want. Like, she needs to. Memorial Day game. Like, she should be out there in full uniform, like, full Marine, you know, dress, saluting. Every single time there's an opportunity for her to say thank you to this country. She should be standing center court every time. She should be out for the anthem. She should drop down like the Pope and kiss the ground every single time. But they've all forgotten. And then she's over in Atlanta wearing a uniform that has the word dream on it, inspired by Martin Luther King. Calling a girl a white girl, that's the dream. She's a horrible human being. There's just. There's just no two ways about it. Brittney Griner is just a horrible person. And I don't know her, but I don't think I have to. Like, every single time she's doing something, you're like, this is. She just mean. She's got a little chip. This is an awful. I get. Look, I get back. Coming back from Russia a little bit like, I got screwed. But one thing I'm not going to do after that is take this place for granted for half a second. Everything is great. That now that I'm back here, because otherwise, you know, I mean, she can't. She has got to know. She has to go to bed at night going, man, Merchant of Death walks free because of Merchant of Death.

[Brett Vesley]

You don't care.

[John Holmberg]

I don't think she does. I think she's ungrateful.

[Unknown]

Well, you can only do so much.

[John Holmberg]

She.

[Unknown]

It doesn't seem like she's doing that. Unfortunately, perception is.

[John Holmberg]

Oh, yeah, it's. This guy says, w. And you're right, John. They're using racism as their. Their. It's. They're trying to draw people in with racism. I didn't know this. He says WNBA's organization yesterday had a moment of silence before the game for George Floyd, not for Memorial Day. Of course they're going to protect the. The trash white girl comments. Yeah, they're. You. I'm. I'm looking at it as a marketing thing. They're using racism to try to get you to be interested, and it works. They're not. This isn't a dumb move by any means. ESPN loves it. We talked to Mark Schleris and Mark Malone when they worked at espn. Malone used to work here, and he come in, he goes, ESPN was the worst. You'd sit in. You'd sit in the meetings before the shows, and they would ask, all right, who's going to take the racist angle? Who's going to take the. Like. Even. He said, even if everyone in the room agreed, one of you had to take the. All right, I'll take the. I'll take the controversial angle on this. Just so the story has interest. And, like, they Would manufacture, like, a drama in every single story that had any. They love it. It's great ratings. It's glorious ratings. Does it exist? Sure. Does it exist as much as they say? No. Stephen A. Smith, even, he was kind of the voice of reason when he said, look, I felt it as somebody, because it has happened where somebody takes. You know, Elvis is a perfect example, the king of rock and roll. When it's like, wait a minute. Chuck Berry's been doing this for a little bit, but he's the first one that exploded. Was he better than Chuck Berry? No, but he got the support Chuck Berry never got. That was a different time.

[Unknown]

And he grew up in the South.

[John Holmberg]

Look, didn't matter. He was still a white guy that got excited. Ricky Nelson got to sing Chuck Berry songs, and they were bigger than Chuck had. So that was a different time when people just wouldn't do it. That doesn't exist anymore. But now you can turn little Caitlin Clark into this. You know, everything's been raced with her. Remember when they said the ratings for her draft Day were higher than anyone else? And, like, that's. That's race based. Because this year, Paige Buckers is a white girl. She was the first pick. Nobody watched the draft. Nobody cared. It's weird.

[Brett Vesley]

Dave wants to nominate Brittney Grind for seal of the Year.

[John Holmberg]

She's close. She still lived here. We'd be getting close, especially this. But, yeah, but if the. If the w. If any league actually cared about that stuff. I mean, I heard it when I sat at the. I sat behind the Cleveland Cavaliers bench when LeBron was there. And I've never heard the N word more in my life than when I. When that bench was talking. I mean, it was a constant, but it was friendly. You know, they were talking to each other, and I'm like. But there were, like, people that you can hear. You're in the. You're in the bench. You're sitting right there with them. And it was a lot of end bombs, and King James was leading the way with the cussing and the screaming. There's kids nearby. Nobody cared. But it's awfully interesting that this is happening. So Caitlin Clark's gonna catch it. Trust me. The stories get weirder and weirder, and they're gonna push harder and harder for, you know, Caitlin Clark's. And it works for white people too. White people will be interested as well. So, like, oh, one of ours is getting picked on. It's reverse racism. There's no such thing as reverse racism. Racism is. Racism doesn't matter. It basically means you're disparaging someone for their race. There's no reverse racism. That's actually racist to say that whites have to have it turned around on them to be. It's not. It's racism is racism. That's Jon Holmberg here. Time to talk about TV's Doug Hopkins of My Home Group and doughns.com TV's Doug Hopkins. He has built and established his brand and company in a way that just has no competition. Doug's been here for a long time. He set the Standard for over 25 years and he just keeps getting better. And that said, if you want to sell your house for cash to Doug as is, he'll make you that offer. Start the process online. Doughns.com or listen to the Doug Hopkins singers. It's John Holberg here for the amazing people at the Core Institute. Twenty years ago the Core Institute began and it's a better way of caring for people and there are a lot of people who are coping with pain in their bodies every day. The Core Institute specializes in helping the pain disappear. And I speak from experience. Here I am now living pain free and enjoying all the things, things I absolutely love to do. So if you're living in pain, you don't have to anymore. The Core Institute has been here for 20 years and they're going to be here for a lot longer than that. And you can stop living with pain and start saying yes to all the things you love to do. Go to the Core Institute.com Fisher Tools.

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[John Holmberg]

Holmberg's morning sickness. But Brittany Griner's a, I think I can say it for all of us. He's a mean, horrible person and ungrateful. I mean if I was her to be all smiles and thank yous from here on out. And some people be like, well that's weak. Like, yeah, well I'd still be doing that.

[Unknown]

He needs to call Kanye. He's apologized for everything.

[John Holmberg]

Yeah, but he, you know, he's inconsistent.

[Unknown]

Give it a couple of weeks.

[John Holmberg]

Brittany, look, Brittany Is, I'd rather hang out with Kanye. Kanye gives me some interesting stuff, and I kind of expect him to be nuts. My expectations of Brittney Griner are, you better be humble. There better be some humility here. You better. You better just be like, you know what? I'm just lucky to be here. Every single time something goes sideways. If I'm Brittany Grutter, I'm just lucky to be here. I was. This ain't so bad.

[Brett Vesley]

Someone said caitlyn's out for two weeks with a strained quad. Watch the ratings over the next two weeks.

[John Holmberg]

Oh, nobody's gonna watch F and white girl laugh out loud. Only watching her games anyway. None of the other teams get ratings. They're rape all the ratings for the WNBA through them. Yeah, just her games. You put Atlanta against, I don't know, Connecticut. Nobody's watching that. Oh, that league's in trouble.

[Brett Vesley]

But title nine's watching it.

[John Holmberg]

They should absolutely be putting out. Absolutely. They should absolutely be putting her up on a pedestal and saying, this is the best. And tell the other player.

[Unknown]

WNBA package.

[Brett Vesley]

Oh, I don't know.

[John Holmberg]

Oh, no, there's. There. It comes with the NBA package if you want it. It's like $9. Yeah, there is a pack.

[Unknown]

No, I just want that.

[John Holmberg]

It's different. They charge it for certain games. It's. There's a package, but it's. It's laughable.

[Brett Vesley]

Oh, they have the league package here.

[John Holmberg]

Yeah, it's pretty funny. I've seen it come up and I'm like, somebody bought all the games. Why?

[Brett Vesley]

There you go.

[John Holmberg]

It was. It was nine. That was 950 last year for the month.

[Brett Vesley]

35 bucks for the year.

[John Holmberg]

That's 12.99. Yeah, it's $35 for the year. And that would be the biggest waste of $35 I've ever had. I could lose $35 having it fall out of my pocket and feel better about it than if I did buy the girls W at league pass.

[Brett Vesley]

But, John, for the league pass for the year, 365 days of access to watch live games. Every game on demand, plus hundreds of.

[John Holmberg]

Games from the archives for 35, 365 days of access. They play 40 games.

[Brett Vesley]

We get the archives, too. You can go back in history.

[John Holmberg]

So does YouTube.

[Unknown]

I might sign up.

[John Holmberg]

They're suggesting that for this 35 bucks that I'm going to spend every day of the year absorbing WNBA games from the past.

[Unknown]

Can't get enough.

[John Holmberg]

You're a psychopath. That's the most. Like, I watch a lot of id Channel. That would be the first. He watched WNBA action every day. He's going to kill a basketball player. He's got that is obsessive. $35. All you have to do is say, hey, for 35 bucks, you can watch all the WNBA you've ever wanted, which is usually in most people's cases, a game. I think you can go to Fry's and buy some gum and a Coke and get the league pass.

[Unknown]

What marquee players are they showing on the league? League pass?

[John Holmberg]

Caitlin.

[Unknown]

Oh, there you go.

[John Holmberg]

And then a girl from the Chicago sky. I don't know.

[Brett Vesley]

I don't know.

[John Holmberg]

That's not Angel Reese either. Yeah, she's the face of the. She's the face of the whole thing now, and it is pissing people off. But good on the wnba. Go full racism. Sell this thing like crazy. So here's the argument for Brittany and Kanye. Kanye is a self made billionaire. At least he had some intelligence. He's just off his rocker. Britney's just some black dude who may or may not perform. Britney is just some black dude who may or may not perform oral on other women. That could possibly be the truth. Anyway, it's a mess. The whole thing's a mess. Bert, what do you got on the big board of musical treats?

[Brett Vesley]

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[John Holmberg]

Did you ride?

[Brett Vesley]

I didn't. I was moving all weekend. I was moving all weekend. Otherwise I would have. Hell, they'll even work on your old BMX bike. Our buddy Ted just bought a new. An old BMX bike. Like, yeah, like a GT from back in the day brought to Action Ride shop. And they're taking care of it.

[John Holmberg]

No kidding.

[Brett Vesley]

So they'll, they'll. They'll take care of whatever you got, whether you buy it there or not. He was never allowed to have one when he was like 12. So he's like, well, now that I'm almost 50, I'm buying a 20 inch GT. How about that? Well, he rides it with his kid, I guess.

[John Holmberg]

So he doesn't that he's gonna get arrested. If I saw a grown man riding with a boy on a bmx Bike, I'd be like, that one's going, well.

[Brett Vesley]

We know it's not dui.

[John Holmberg]

Yeah, that's true.

[Brett Vesley]

Because he's clean.

[John Holmberg]

So clean, sober. But I would wonder if he was back on the hooch if I saw him riding around like. You got caught, huh, Ted? Yeah, you got.

[Unknown]

He's riding to the grocery.

[John Holmberg]

The only time I see. I've said it for years. A man on a kid's bike is the DUI the only. And it's hilarious. And it happens 3rd Avenue and West. Like, the second you get to 3rd Avenue, you'll see a dude riding a BMX bike. Middle of summer, a grown man on a BMX bike going to work like, second. DUI is a mother effort, isn't it? Gotta ride my kid's bike to work now. It's the only way I can get in and out.

[Unknown]

That's their new slogan. Huffy. What gets a man to work for.

[John Holmberg]

Kids and dudes who've done it twice?

[Brett Vesley]

So if you want to go out riding the mountains of the trails or you got a dui, well, action ride shop is a place get your bike fixed, so they're gonna take care of you.

[John Holmberg]

Speaking of transportation. Yeah. It is high time that we made the wiener mobile race a. An absolute annual event. And let's start sprucing it. I don't know if you guys watched that.

[Unknown]

I missed it.

[John Holmberg]

Exhilarating. It was fun watching those guys go around the brickyard in India and those giant wieners. It was awesome. It's slow because you're so used to cars flying. It was a fun race. And the hot dogs had, like, you.

[Unknown]

Know, they dressed them up.

[John Holmberg]

Nah, they were pretty much all wienermobiles with, like, a logo on the side said, I'm the chai dog. I'm Seattle dog. And it had, like, slaw localized kind of stuff.

[Brett Vesley]

Chicago dog.

[John Holmberg]

Settle down, Settle down.

[Brett Vesley]

So who wants.

[John Holmberg]

You're getting crazy. I don't even know. I just remember watching little bits, and I'm like, this is a blast. So I. I started thinking, like, back in the first few days of indie racing. This is probably what it looked like, Speeds wise, at least, right?

[Unknown]

Oh, yeah.

[John Holmberg]

Let's put some engines in these things.

[Unknown]

A little bit even. Yeah, Just a little bit quicker.

[John Holmberg]

A little bit still. Let's go.

[Unknown]

100 looks slow.

[John Holmberg]

Let's pump this thing up. Yeah. To, like, 180. Let's get these. We can throw some ballasts on this and counter the weights and stuff. Let's get these wieners flying around at, like, 150, 180. It was. It was literally so then they break out on Friday. And I thought, oh, they're taking it too far. There weren't a lot of people in the crowd. They bring up fans, please rise. And everybody stands up, Remove your caps. And they take their hats off, put over their heart. And a guy comes out and he goes, I wish I were an Oscar Meyer wiener. That was their national anthem. And they. It was awesome. Then the race starts. It's the first one.

[Unknown]

The Weenie 500, the Slaw Dog one.

[John Holmberg]

Did it win Slow dog? Yeah, it was. And it's. It was a blast watching when they try to pass and stuff in the racing. It looked dangerous at the greatest. It needs to be something we. It needs to be a series of races. We all get excited when the wiener mobile drives by. Not like Brady, but when the wiener, like when it's on regular roads. Like we all have like a. Oh, cool. The wiener mobile. I've seen it twice in my life. Just in the wild, just driving. It's so slow. This is before they green flag. They're going like six car bringing them around 60. Well, they're still in line and they haven't reached the top speed yet. As they round turn one into the short shoot. It was awesome fun. Through 27, now 28 miles an hour. They evidently take forever to get going straight away somewhere. But when they get it up to top speed and they start actually racing, a lot of issues there. And you really realize how big that track is.

[Brett Vesley]

Yeah.

[John Holmberg]

Because it takes these wieners.

[Unknown]

I didn't realize they went to have.

[John Holmberg]

It's so much fun and they can't get speed. It takes them forever to get going. But the. Do the. But then, you know, on this two and a half miles. Speed it up a little bit. And now. Now they're. Now they're racing. Now they're in it. And it's slow. But it gets super exciting at certain points where you're like, this is pretty awesome. And you can't realize, like how bad the back drivers have to be. Anybody's race, guys. As we go down the. It's like crawling babies crawling.

[Unknown]

It's still anybody's race.

[John Holmberg]

And somebody's gotta gas it and go.

[Brett Vesley]

Oh, here we go. For the past.

[John Holmberg]

Yeah, I understand there was a bit of a shoving match last night. It's. Yeah. And then they just stayed in that line for a minute. But it was one of these things where I'm like, get some engines in these cars and let these dudes go because they're probably pretty well balanced, right? Oh, look at this. This one, it got hot at the end there. They're lining up.

[Brett Vesley]

3D.

[John Holmberg]

Making the move now. We got that car to get swarmed. Front car ran out of gas or something. Three spots falling down the order. It's ridiculous. I, I. If you were stoned, it would be amazing. But if we put, you know, giant engines in those things and push them up at least to like, 150. Watching wieners crash, I think that would be you put a roll cage inside there, make sure the wiener driver's safe, and let these dudes have at these cars. I don't know what kind of car is underneath the hot dog.

[Brett Vesley]

Yeah, I'm not sure.

[John Holmberg]

Looks like one of those. It's all it like those Chinese custom made.

[Unknown]

But I don't know what the engine is. If it's got to be.

[John Holmberg]

I don't think it's much, much like V8s or V12s, tops. It's a lot of weight, but they're not going very quick. It was so, so stupid fun to watch those wieners, right? And all like. And all I just kept imagining in my head was like, faster. Oh, there's a passer faster. Look at that. Yeah. It seemed like some of the cars just kind of chunked out a little bit. And then they'd have to, like, work their way back in. Just smoke, pouring some oil. You know, he's getting past. But imagine watching and then it. And then there's crashes. Like, there's bumping and there's rubbing and racing.

[Brett Vesley]

Anyway, wieners bumping into each other.

[John Holmberg]

Oh, could you imagine the crowd for that? Yeah. Katie. KB Would have. We're racing wieners this weekend. And not like you think. Not like the old ways. Anyway. That was a good part of Memorial Day weekend. I really enjoyed that. And that's the beginning of it. That's the worst the wiener races will ever be. Look at this. It was a fantastic. He got him. He gets him.

[Brett Vesley]

Oh, on the checker.

[John Holmberg]

That was the way the race ended. That's tight and high. People showed up, dressed up. It was great, but it just needs. It needs some speed. Throw a little speed on top of it. You got something pretty great. We don't get a lot of things that are, like, fun like that anymore. It would be awesome to watch one of those wieners take flight, though. You know, they're hitting 150 speeds at 151 bumps. The other kind of gets it in a pit maneuver. It spins, takes flight.

[Unknown]

Don't know what happened in the results of the Stanley pop?

[John Holmberg]

No, no, I didn't pay attention to any of that either. But yeah. So watch the. Watch the glorious wiener races next time. Let's get the ratings up for.

[Brett Vesley]

How many laps was it, do you remember?

[John Holmberg]

Like, two, I was gonna say, because it took forever. It was in the background. I kept looking up. I'm like, this is awesome. And then I just stopped doing what I was doing to watch. It was pretty great. All right. Yeah. Give us what you want.

[Brett Vesley]

Let's see. Motorhead, Bullet for my Valentine. Judas Priest. Welcome back. Hotter for our triumphant return for a day. I know. Velvet Revolver, Iron Maiden. Chevelle, Megadeth. Angry Again for your building of furniture. And Iron Maiden, the trooper for Memorial Day.

[John Holmberg]

All right.

[Brett Vesley]

Since we weren't there yesterday.

[John Holmberg]

All right, we can do that. Is that a good one for Memorial. Yeah, sure. All right, if you say so. We'll do a little Iron Maiden, right? The trooper for the iron Maiden people. And a little bit for me. Now, you got my finger from that stupid allen wrench from building furniture. Oh, they don't even put, like, a little rubber edge on it to me to help you. It's just. It's just a cruel joke on humanity.

[Unknown]

To give because you have to use both ends.

[John Holmberg]

Well, sometimes. Yeah. Tight, tight spots. You got to turn. Yeah. But you could have rubber in the center, Something to rip it on the.

[Unknown]

Edges, take it out, take it off and put it on the other two.

[John Holmberg]

Little fingers on your. On your. On your index finger and your thumb and have rubber on that. It is. It is just miserable how many times that I would sit there and just drop stuff and that little Allen wrench would. Oh, and screws have eyes because they find ways under stuff. They bounce once and then shoot under another thing. Oh, it was miserable. Yeah. But again, if it wasn't for having weirdos in my house, I'd have just paid top dollar to have somebody come build it all. But they hang out all day. The one handyman I had showed up. He was there for, like, three hours. I just left and pretended to have errands to run. I didn't have. I just left the house. Like, how long are you gonna be? 2 and a half hours. I'm like, okay, I got some stuff I'll do. I'll just leave you here. Drove home. I don't have anything to do. He was just there. I just don't want people in my house. Let's do it. You got it. All right. The Trooper, everybody. Arizona's most powerful rock radio station. He said fully erect.

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