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John Holmberg
Still streaming Hberg's morning sickness online@98kupd.com that was you this time. That was my fault. I'm sorry. Good morning, everybody. Damn it. I can't stop mentally picturing that. Well, you brought it up. It's 5:45. This is the morning sickness. Hi there. How are you? My name is John. There's Brady. There's Brett. There's Big Dick Toledo. Let's go. Tuesday morning is upon us. Or Thursday, whatever day it is. Doesn't matter. I'm already. I'm out of it. It's over. Damn it. You don't know what's going on in my brain right now. This is weird, Larry. Just getting pounded. Oh, I'm here to defend her honor. I'm going to beat the living out of you. Anyway, it's just people. You the last person in the world you'd want to defend you. Oh, yeah. Anyway, it's. It's on my mind. I'll get it off the. Get it right out of the way. Just right off the bat. Sorry for all you people who aren't this. But I don't understand one thing the Phoenix Suns do, and I spend a lot of money down there. I was arguing with Kevin Ray. Arguing. I was back and forth with Kevin. Kevin Ray, the voice of the Phoenix Suns. Yesterday. I don't understand the Suns at all. They traded Kevin Durant a few days ago, got themselves their own pick back. The 10th pick from the Suns went to Houston and then they made a trade and got that pick back. So that's. That's the Sun's pick to begin with, right? That's theirs. So they just switched it back, gave Kevin Durant away, got a decent amount back, but nothing spectacular about what you'd expect. And then you're like, all right, make Some hay with a lottery pick.
Brady
Load up.
John Holmberg
You got a top 10 pick here. Get a dude that's going to impact the team. Now Kevin Ray to his credit is absolutely right. In the NBA draft, anything after five, six or seven. And that's true in the NFL draft too. In most drafts, NFL, NFL is a little bit different. You're taking, it's a crapshoot. Like you don't know how many times this player has played. You got a lot of tape, but you don't know against what kind of quality. I saw a stat yesterday, it said in the end and college basketball, the average first round pick plays against another NBA player in college. Somebody that will go on and play and be, you know, proficient in the end. The next level, to the next level once out of every nine games. So you might have 30 or 40 hours of tape on a guy, but it's against people who are never going to play the next level. So a lot of the times a guy will look amazing because he never played anybody that's the next level. He's always been a little better than that. So it's like in baseball when you have a four a player, a dude who can play, he can hit.375 and triple A and can't hit the ball at all in the pros, but somewhere in between, if they had another league, he'd be the king of it. That's it. So the Sun's drafted what appears to be a very athletic, good player. 7 foot 2 inch guy, he's a monster size. He's, he's, Come on, Maluak. He's got a name that sounds like it's out of Indiana Jones. It's outstanding. Comes from Duke, which is scary to me when you have the third best player on the team at Duke with Cooper Flag going first and the Kinnipple kid whose name I absolutely love, the Knipple. And then his brothers are known as the Flying Knipples, which I didn't know that there's five of them and they play basketball all the time and they've won three on three tournaments and stuff that they're hard. The Flying Knipples. Depends on the weather, Brett. So the Flying Knipples and Cooper Flag, they're gone. And then this guy is the third one. Come on Maluak. And usually the third guy drafted off of a good team first is the beneficiary of the other two being really good. Like, you know, there's, there's times when you look at a team like, man, that Duke team was great. And there's always the third guy that.
Brady
You feed it down to, the big man.
John Holmberg
He was just not being paid attention to as much because the other two dudes were killing it. Maybe that's the case. So anyway, sons get this guy seven two. He's gigantic Sudanese. Very touching story. The first person drafted out of the African nation's basketball universe. They have a national basketball university down there now, and he's the first one that's been drafted out of it.
Brady
Kevin Bacon, the head coach?
John Holmberg
Kind of. Yeah. It's the air up there. Only for realsies. Yeah. People forget the movie Kevin Bacon was in when he went down and said, there's a lot of tall black guys in Africa. I should go coach him. And America said, that makes sense. We should make it a movie. And Disney did. It's one of the most racist things I've ever watched in my life. He's like, there's a. I never seen it. You haven't seen it? No. Oh, my God. Brett, you would love this movie. Based on the idea that from jump. It's like he's just coaching. He's like, geez. And just a bunch of white kids on his. And he hears about an African kid who's gigantic. And so he flies over there and he sees him and he's like, look at all the other ones. This place is lousy with NBA talent. And then he starts coaching and like, it's so bad and so racist practice on the dirt. Right. That they don't have concrete in Africa. And we're supposed to go. That's probably accurate.
Brady
Woven baskets.
John Holmberg
Yeah. The baskets were weaved and, like, this guy could go pro. It's so ridiculously dumb. Yeah. They're playing in dirt fields with bouncy. I don't know what they're doing. But we all sat back as. As rich Americans going, this is exactly how this would happen. Well, no, it isn't. They have concrete and buildings and, like, nets and clothing. So anyway, that happened, and the Suns fell for it. So they drafted Kevin Bacon's prospect. Then within, like, two minutes of drafting Kaman Maluwak, which I think if you draft a center at number 10. Right. You're saying to your fan base and your teams, this guy is going to lock down the center position for hopefully the next seven to ten years. Wouldn't you?
Brady
Sure.
John Holmberg
Like, you're committing to him. If you're taking him in the. If you get rid of, like, deandre Ayton was here for five. It's a huge disaster. He was Supposed to alter the franchise. And this guy reminds me of him now. He's not a number one over, he's a 10th pick. You're basically saying, hey, fans, this is our center. Within like five minutes of drafting him. They traded their next pick, which is the 29th in the first round, so it might as well be a second round pick and another first round pick in 2029 for a guy named Mark Williams, who's a center who plays in Charlotte. And he's 23 and he's got one year left on his contract. So at the end of that contract, if he doesn't resign, you gave away two draft picks for him and a player. And if he does resign, you're basically saying this new guy we drafted is not the future of the team. I think it just comes down to this, and hopefully I'm wrong. I was wrong about DeAndre 8. I think the Suns are just. I think it's time we said it. It's a bunch of morons. I think it's just a room full of idiots. Just throw an S at the wall and see what sticks. This guy might be good. It's just if you, if you put it in football terms as most, most people understand. The Browns this year drafted two quarterbacks in the draft and got just like, what are you doing? Like, this is dumb. You got one, you got to stick. You can't just go stockpile and then you're wasting picks. I don't get it. Go get some springy dude who can, you know, bounce out of the gym and pick him at 10th and have an impact player right away. And I know that it's a risk, but it's a risk no matter what. This is a risk, too. I don't know. I don't get it. But come on, Maluak, it's. We'll see if Maliwak Fever hits the Valley. I'm not so sure that that's something that's gonna happen. Is he gonna reach in your chest and pull your heart out too? Yeah, I think he plays. I think he plays concerts in the middle of the day for the chips. I think it's Moloch Malouak. I think it's the same guy. All right, I'm in.
Brady
Now if he pulls up in a Hearst.
John Holmberg
Yeah, I'm getting that jersey tomorrow, Moluak. And I give Vince Morata the in house voice of the Suns. He has to come up with something for. Come on, Moluak. He can shoot a little bit. He's better. He's better. Than deandre Ayton in the fact that he can shoot from three a little. I think he's a little more physical, but not much. He led the league in dunks and his shooting percentage was 71%. He led the league in dunks because everybody was paying attention to Cooper Flag. That's why you had probably the most impactful college player at age 17, which people forget. He graduated high school a year early. He was at age 17. He played last year. Now he'll be 19 in December of this year. So he's gonna. Are you doing Molok? But yeah, the. I don't know, it just seems silly. It seems weird. So I. I feel like he got a lot of his stats based on the idea that you had a couple of, you know, picks before him playing to both freshmen, the nipple kid and. And Cooper Flagg. So, boy, I tell you what, Tom Brennaman here live from wfgs, my favorite radio station. I'm now the morning show host here at WFGS out in Berkenshire, Ohio. It's a tough week for me, I'll tell you that. Cooper Flag. I'm gonna make a mistake saying that one over and over and I gotta do a whole morning show here on fgs thinking about Cooper Flag. Plus that disabled flag night we had for gave cripples and Brady. It is just not easy being on the radio.
Brady
Can't win.
John Holmberg
I don't know how you've done it, Brady. I'm articulate, well thought, well spoken, and I've already made mistakes. How have you made it for 25 years is the question.
Brady
Just cross your fingers, Tom.
John Holmberg
I think if I'd taken a Brady approach to broadcasting, I just stumbled around for a while. People would have thought I made mistakes when I said. But anyway, live from the WFGS rolling van, the Rainbow Warrior, we call it. Tom Brennaman. Sports can be a tough one for Tom Flag. Mania is all over the place and he's going to struggle with that one. That's going to get him. Don't say it, don't say it, don't say it. That's going to be in his mind the whole time, Cooper. God damn it, Flag. Yeah, the Knipples are hilarious. They're known as the Knipple brothers.
Brady
Five Knipples.
John Holmberg
Five Knipples. Cash, Caden, Khan, Kingston and Kidman. They're already annoying. They asked the Knipple boy that got drafted. I believe it was Khan Knipple. There's something, something. Check out Homework's morning sickness podcast at 98kupd.
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John Holmberg
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Brady
Knipples.
John Holmberg
Mom. Sherry Norgart. Yeah, no, there's definitely a Mormon. There's got to be a Mormon tie to the Knipples.
Brady
I said, they played basketball at Wisconsin Lutheran College.
John Holmberg
And you know how bad Utah is, not as a team, but as a place. How awful Utah is as a. It's beautiful to look at and you meet the people. Your place has been ruined. I mean, Utah is so white. I go there and feel like the police might start with me. Well, Utah's so white. I go there and I'm like, ain't this a bitch? I am a minority in Utah. It is weirdly white. It makes me hate white people. Utah. I'll drive a Hellcat up there. So Ace Bailey got drafted. He went to Rutgers. And, oh, yeah, you don't want to do a tool around in a Hellcat up in Utah if you own a Hellcat just when you get to the border, treat it like Mexicans should treat the American border. Just turn around. We should have border patrol in Utah. Like no hellcats. Turn around. We don't have any chicken restaurants. Turn around. Get out of here. Go on. That place is horrible. It's no doubt the KKK canipples are up there anyhow. So Ace Bailey played for Rutgers. Kid's got a big afro. He's getting. You get picked fourth or fifth overall, which means you're guaranteed $43 million contract, right? Yeah. Not annually, but that's your contract, right? $43 million. You've ever seen a kid leaving Rutgers, which is in Jersey, and he, with the fifth pick, the Utah Jazz choose Ace Bailey. Your name is Ace Bailey. You just made $43 million. And they said the Utah Jazz. And you saw his face go, damn it. You give me $43 million, I'll make Utah work. This dude did not want to go. Damn it. I quit. I quit. Can I quit yet? I quit. Utah sucks so bad. A dude who made $43 million is like, really? You couldn't take the knipple, kid. Somebody had already chosen the knipple. I'll choose you, Ace Bailey. Ace Bailey is already planning his route out of Utah. Said so at the draft. Basically told everybody, man, Utah don't draft me. I don't want to go there. And like we're doing it. You're. That's because you're Utah. You're a bunch of. They did it. And the Kipple boys were like, we'd have loved to have been picked by Utah. Blessing from God. Take my Kipple kids up there hunting, fishing. Yeah, hunting and fishing. And just all round goodness In Utah. No Ace Bailey's anywhere. Not till now. We liked Karl Malone because he drove trucks just like us. It was weird. Anyway, the NBA draft was strange. And Suns fans. Maybe I'm wrong. Keep in mind Kevin Ray is very sunny about it. He was flower. He's like, no, he's super athletic. He's this thing. Yeah, but so was Ayton. We. I mean athleticism. I would hope if you're a top 10 pick, the word athletic is part of it. You know, I don't think we should be like, hey, he's not much of an athlete. Well then what are we doing? He's in the NBA draft. They're all athletic. It's a matter of whether or not it works. I don't know who the new coach is. I don't know. I don't know. Anything about what the Sun's plan is, but evidently it's to have two centers and five shooting guards. And that's basically the whole. That's. I could put. Look, I could build a better team right now with the pieces they gave me in the trades and things. And I'm an idiot. So I just don't get it. Maybe it works. Maybe I'm. Maybe I'll double down on my idiocy and I'll be proven wrong. I'm hoping so. But right now my eyebrow is way up in the air going, what are you doing? Ace Bailey would have been a better pick. It would have left him with too many guards. But still, I don't get it. Now you got two centers in the same five minute. There's been another trade. The Suns have. Oh, they just traded for another center. Haven't had one in years. And now we've got too many and they're both unproven. And keep in mind, we got Nick Richards from the same exact team we got Mark Williams from. So we've traded away for a terrible team. Centers, both of them. Go, sons, go. Go, sons, go. You are no clue. You're not anywhere near close to being a competitive playoff team. And I say that and hopefully someone will remember this and rub my face in it because I was wrong. But I don't think I am. We'll see. When was the last great center they had? Great center? Yeah. Never. Okay, good center. Good center. You go back. Well, Stoudemire played center, but he was more of a wing, more of a forward. And, you know, the. I don't know. Yeah, you haven't had a great. Mark west would probably most memorable. Good center that they've had. It hasn't been, you know, it's been a minute. And even prior to that, then you're looking back to like Alvin Adams, James Edwards, like real centers. I mean, they're going way back. I wouldn't put anybody that they've had in the last 20 years as a true center. And usually they lost to a team who had a good center. Tim Duncan always beat him. Shaquille always beat him. It was like teams with centers pushed the Suns around because they were athletic forwards trying to play center. I don't know. I don't know what's going on.
Brady
Amazing. You'd have to say, well, dominating was one of the.
John Holmberg
That was. No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no. Don't, don't. He was a center. He wasn't a better center. He was a complete catastrophe. Rookie year. He's like, hey, this is great. 18 points, 10 rebounds a game. This kid's brand new. If he starts here and he's been. He's been the same or worse ever since. He never surpassed his rookie season's numbers. The new Call of Duty expansion packs head. I mean, that was the fun thing. There were a couple of guys who were like. The one guy's like, what does he like to do in his spare time? Play video games and watch anime. And I'm like, you shouldn't have drafted him. That guy's that guy. I've seen that movie. I know how that ends. You're right. When the expansion packs come out, he's not showing up on time for practice.
Brady
Doesn't do well in the snow.
John Holmberg
No, don't draft him in cold stuff because if there's ice on the ground, he's going to call in sick. Yeah. It says, I worked in Utah for three years. John can confirm that place is full of squares. Oh, yeah. No, it's. The knipples would. They'd have blended right in and no one would make fun of their name because it's too sexual. And they hate that. Like, they love sex with. Like, they love sex, but they don't like talking about or admitting that they love it. That's what they say. It's for procreation to make more cannibal kids. Anyway, they've got to be Mormons. That group had to be Mormons. But go get them knipples. I'm proud of you. Here's a picture of knipples Brady, if you want to see them.
Brady
They're from Minneapolis neighborhood. Yeah.
John Holmberg
Even worse. That's the Utah of the Midwest.
Brady
Yep.
John Holmberg
The real. The real good then, folk. Real good then. Yeah.
Brady
Dad both played.
John Holmberg
Yeah.
Brady
College level basketball.
John Holmberg
I found that to be surprising that most of the draft they kept saying, mom played in college. Like there's a lot of. And Ron Harper's kid got drafted yesterday. He was the second or third pick. It's pretty cool. There's some good stuff in it. But yeah, the end. The NBA draft was full of kniffles and question marks. And we walk away from it wondering. That's all. Wondering. And then I watched the. I flipped over to the news and you know what? I've. I've discovered I'm officially. I am. I've always known that I was heading this way, but I'm officially my dad in the later stages. I am now yelling at the TV a lot. A lot, a lot. I'm talking, you jackass. You don't know what you're talking about. I say that to news people all the time. Look at this asshole. My dad, you say that to the TV constantly. Look at this asshole. And I just laugh when guys talking to TV did it. Last night when Scene McLaughlin got into a discussion on the news with the two anchors about why it's so hot in June. Why do you suppose it's so hot in June? The heat wave. I'm like, oh, I don't know. And I said this to the tv. Maybe because it's summertime and it's hot somewhere. Every summer we have the same discussions like, wow, there's a heat wave. What's going on? It's. It's June. Course it's supposed to. It's. Well, not here even talking about other.
Brady
Places right now because we got extreme heat.
John Holmberg
There's a heat wave. Has KTR done their thing? Yeah. Your heat excessive this week? Excessive heat warning. Channel three does their first first alert. It's gonna be hot tomorrow. God, why? I don't know. It's June. I don't know. And then they always. Tomorrow will be the anniversary of the 122 degree day. They'll be. Remember that? That was really wonderful. I wonder what was going on then. I don't know. It was June then too. It's always June. We have this talk. Well, it's hot in other places, right? Because it's summer in the northern hemisphere. You dumb. It's hot because it's June. But you know what I realized yesterday? Those nut bags that have been saying TV indoctrinates kids. They're right. Because younger people see this and they're like, wow. The older people are talking about this like it's never happened before. Something's going on. And you teach them early on at an early age that they need to be worried about this heat. We've never seen anything like it. There's something. Something. Check out Hornberg's morning sickness podcast@98kupd.com it's.
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John Holmberg
Holmberg's morning sickness Even though we have every goddamn year, it's either a southern heat wave that sweltering heat sweeps across the southwest. Sweltering heat taking over the plains states. It happens every year. Every year. People died in Chicago's. They don't have air conditioning, right? Because they're not going to spend any money. They're cheap. Cheap. They need to throw that in there. Cheap. People died in Chicago because they were, fingers crossed, going to run the risk. They didn't get hit with a heat wave this year. And then they sat in their closed up apartments thinking they'd be okay and they dropped that. They were unhealthy most of the time. People who die in heat waves in Chicago also couldn't get up to get to the fridge to get their diabetes medication. And they had a thing of Hostess cupcakes next to them. And the heat got them and the diabetes. They're 380 pound people who dropped it in the heat. They don't ever count that part in.
Brady
Or they didn't realize the fall got them first.
John Holmberg
Oh yeah, they fell down and then they sweltered to death. He's trying to reach for his wet beef sandwich over here. You know, reach my wet beef. I can either reach this needle here for my diabetics or the wet beef. And boy, that wet beef looks good. I'm gonna expend all my energy on that Portillus. I don't know what's going on around here. They all turn into Sebastian Maniscalco dying. I'm gonna have a wet beef sandwich. So yeah. And then I started to think, if you were young and you saw this, it would scare you. If you were like little, you'd be like, oh my God, these guys are surprised. There's something like we better buy. And this is the end result. We better buy products that make that stop. We better start putting money into things that make that stop. And I know I'm late to the party on this because I always thought. I get it. But I didn't think people were that dumb. They are that dumb. Of course they're that dumb. They're young. They're being told by a generation ahead of them, we don't know what's going on, but we do. This is Kant. I've lived here. This was actually a really normal June. For all the people out there who are confused, this is pretty. This is the most normal June. It's been kind of mild, to be honest. It's been pretty nice.
Brady
Some people are upset about me.
John Holmberg
I play basketball. I love that court in my. I play basketball every night now. I go out. It's beautiful. Like, it's like once the sun starts going down, I'm outside before it's. I'm outside playing ball. It's like. This is actually very tolerable. It's nice. We played golf for six hours two days ago. It was hot, but it wasn't awful. It's a normal June. What's going on out there? Seam. It's June off. It's crazy, but it is. It's a way to tell. And I don't think any young people.
Brady
Here long enough to know that.
John Holmberg
I know, but it's not just him. It's all news, you know? Heat wave. Deadly heat wave. One person drops dead with a Portillo's hot wet beef in their hand, and they blame the heat. They don't blame the fact that the dude's been piling wet beef in his face every day for the last eight years in the city of broad Shoulders. It's always Chicago, too. Four people died in Chicago today without air conditioning. Well, I could have told you that was coming.
Brady
The bullets are hot.
John Holmberg
Bullets are real hot. Hotter than that. Is that a heat death? Are we good? Is it Covid or heat death when you get hit with a bullet? Stupid. But if all the news is doing it, everybody thinks. And then they go out and buy stuff. No wonder Greta Thunberg's so scared. She's pretty. She's pretty convinced. This is not normal. And it is. It's June. So let me answer the question for all news people and put it to bed forever. Why is it so hot? Cause it's June. Yeah. Here's a prediction. Next summer, it's gonna be hot in June again. June rolls around, we're gonna be like, geez, where did this come from?
Brady
We're already almost through it.
John Holmberg
Yeah. Yeah, I mean, it's gonna be more days. We're gonna get some heat, gonna get some days. We can pretty much expect 112s, 113s. But then you realize that's what my dad would have said, and that's me. Now, young people are stupid. Of course they're. Of course they're buying into this. And this dumb is telling everybody, ah, come on. Why do you suppose it's so hot out there? Scene first off, that's not how you pronounce that. I know that's how it's spelled, but your name is Sean and I know you have a brother named Sean. So your family got cute, but you're not the knipples, you're Sean. And speaking of young and dumb, I didn't know this part. That dude that made Catal Marte cry at the baseball game, it's 22.
Brady
22 year old.
John Holmberg
Yeah, if you hadn't seen that yet, we talked about it yesterday. Katel Marte was in Chicago at a White Sox game and he's playing ball and stuff and somebody shouted something from the crowd that was such a powerful heckle. Catal Marte emotionally broke down, started to cry and start getting hugs from his teammate on the field. Like they said, they're like, let's stop. And I didn't even think of that. Let's stop the game for a second to just emotionally console him from what was just said. Evidently it was said while he was in the on deck circle. The kid yelled it and then it stung so bad that by the time he'd got out there, played baseball, he was sobbing. Now that tells me because Katel Marte's mother, which was evidently what this kid was making jokes about, passed away eight years ago when that kid was 14. Yeah. So was. Has he been waiting this whole time with this knowledge? I don't think so. So he said something absolutely horrible from the crowd and he's now banned from all 30 baseball stadiums in the Major League baseball. I don't know how they're going to do that, but he's been banned from all the baseball at age 22. I still stand by my theory that something's going on with Cattel Marte. Not necessarily the mom, but the emotional breakdown tells me he's got more going on than we know. And this just triggered everything. The avalanche came yesterday, cuz evidently he's been piling something up. Or that kid's knowledge of something is more personal than Cattell wants that to be known. Something leaked out with that kid 22 years old, you shout a heckle about somebody's mother and he looks up and sees who it is. You're like this dumb. You're not angry at all. Something bigger is going on.
Brady
Something hit that.
John Holmberg
There's something more to this. This is not. I mean, it's. You know, baseball players hear the worst of the worst.
Brady
You mentioned it yesterday, but the Steve Kerr thing.
John Holmberg
Yeah.
Brady
His dad was assassinated.
John Holmberg
Yeah.
Brady
And the ASU and, you know, so they were chanting U of A. Yeah.
John Holmberg
U of A fans were chanting.
Brady
Kerr had 20 points in the first place.
John Holmberg
Well, and that's when they started getting mad because the guy couldn't be stopped. And it was an awful thing that ASU fans were chanting about his assassinated father. They wouldn't stop. It was a terrible moment for Arizona State sports. It was a terrible moment for sports. And they were chanting at him. Yeah, he. He was lighting them up. Marte hit a home run in the first inning of this game. And then something happened. And there's more to it than just a heckle. And we need to, like, we need to hear it because I'm worried more about the mental condition of Cat El Marte that we're not paying attention to that. Don't blame this kid. He might have been the catalyst for.
Brady
He's feeling remorse now. He said that?
John Holmberg
Who? The kid? Of course. He's 22. You're reactionary and stupid. But something more is going on with Marte. To have that reaction to some 22 year old kid's terrible words. Something is wrong with him right now and somebody needs to look into that. Instead of saying, the kid's been banned, go over to Cattell and say, hey, man, what the hell's going on? Are you okay? Because this is. These are the moments when you see somebody melt down into a. Something go. Something else is happening. If I was his friend, I'd be like, I understand. That was painful. That's not a normal reaction. You've got something else you need to talk about. Let's go. Let's talk about it. Get. Get him some help right away. If everybody's all like, oh, mental health this month, there's your signs right there. Because these professional ballplayers hear everything. Have you ever been in a locker room of a baseball team? It is no holds barred. Yeah, they. They talk. No, these dudes have some skin on them.
Brady
And that's why you see the guys that have played in the past or, you know, whatever the sport is, like, these kids are getting soft.
John Holmberg
I mean, Justin Turner of the Cubs.
Brady
The other day, heckling, no matter how bad.
John Holmberg
Justin Turner of the Cubs the other day was joking around with his teammates because they just constantly mess around with each other. He's at the bottom of the stairs in the dugout, and the Cubs do a shot of him down there, and he's jumping up and down, dancing, doing something, and the team's laughing at the. In the dugout, looking down at him and downstairs. And the broadcast is like, look at that. Justin Turner, 40 years old, still looking like a child out there having the time of his life. And what they didn't realize was at that moment, Justin Turner's nuts were hanging out of his pants, and he's doing a ball dance for the guys. And the TV showed it not looking down at his balls were all over. He's helicoptering. He's doing all sorts of stuff with his giant old man balls. And the team was dying laughing at it. These dudes have no boundaries. They're hilarious in the most. In the darkest ways possible. So for a fan to shout something stupid and break a dude right there on the field to where they had to stop everything and hug them, something's going on with Katel Marte. Make sure you address that, because I need to know what that kid said. Those are magic words.
Brady
Put this kid on the front lines.
John Holmberg
Right? Glad these powerful phrases. Yeah, go have him take care of that Ayatollah Khamani and have him just say one thing. It starts weeping. It's like, I got him. Don't worry about it. I'm the master. Trump's going to send him over there. It's going to say a lot of N bombs, nuclear. This kid's got a silver tongue. And we're going to. We're going to launch him. It's going to be in charge of the US Embassy in Tehran next. I mean, I thought. I thought I said some crazy. This kid's amazing. He'll break a man down to his core right there with a sentence. And he's only 22. It's only going to get better from here. Yeah, I don't know. I've never had that skill. I've got a pretty. I got a pretty wicked tongue. I don't think I've ever had the skill to just watch this. I'm going to one time this dude and break him emotionally to the point where he can't work. I've never had it. I've. And I know, you know, I have the ability to strike. I lay off of certain things with, you know, I'm not going to hit you hard where it hurts, but I can. I'm not. I don't. I don't think I have anything over anyone that makes it so. Like, why I can emotionally destroy this man in 10 words. It's like the greatest game of Name that Tune ever. Brett. I can emotionally destroy Brady in seven words. John. Destroy that man. It's. It's a. I'll do it. Yeah, we met. We might have a game later today. Say what do you think was said? And just have people. You have like one heckle. Oh, you're asking for. I know. Give me one heckle to see if you can make me cry. I don't think it's possible unless I'm not in a good mental condition to begin with. If I'm already affected by something absolutely horrible in my life, maybe something triggers that. But anybody in a healthy space, some jackass yelling at him from a distance, a stranger, an anonymous. Nobody is not going to do that to you. There's more to this.
Brady
I still find it really hard to even break down on the field.
John Holmberg
I don't break. I don't know that I would break it down.
Brady
Yeah, you know, if anything, I'm back down in the clubhouse. And worse.
John Holmberg
Yeah, you're right. Worse that he actually went out there to the. I can't go. I can't go. I'm gonna. I'm falling apart. Something's going on. There's something. Something. Check out Homework's Morning Sickness podcast at.
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John Holmberg
Holmberg's morning sickness.
Brady
And then anyone else. You don't hear anything. Like, the people that were next to this kid that was yelling. Do they realize what he's saying?
John Holmberg
Right. Did anyone else just start crying?
Brady
What does that.
John Holmberg
Did anyone else near him go, oh, horrible words? Or what is he doing? Is it another language?
Brady
I never knew his mom was taken out. So, you know, in the stands, people are like, oh, he's. Heck, he's doing, like, a your mama thing. Like Brett was saying yesterday.
John Holmberg
This guy said, I happen to know that. I don't know if this is true or not. I happen to know this. He wasn't crying because of the mom comment. When Cattell pulled his hamstring, he was over at the casino pretty much every day. I bet the fan yelled out to him that Cattell had been banned from the roulette table. He couldn't take it. Signed, anonymous. This guy happens to know. I don't know that's true or not. They banned him from casinos. I don't know. I just. I feel like there's something so much more. I mean, look, and here's the other thing, is that we usually all. All. At least men, use work as a cathartic. A cathartic escape from. I almost said it. From stuff that's going on in our lives. So you cannot have to deal with that. If somebody brings it up, it stings. But, like, I've been through, you know, divorce and issues with the family and all this other stuff that's just inundating my day. And then I come here, and it's like, okay, I can get. I can kind of breathe. This is. This is not gonna hurt me here. This is a good spot. And I know that nobody's. Even if somebody says something terrible towards me, knowing my situation, like, that's okay. I don't know that person. They can't hurt me. Like, it's weird to me.
Brady
I got a doozy brewing in the.
John Holmberg
Near future for sure. And. Yeah, but this will be a place that you can come and just go, you know what? This is the normalcy of life. And I'm gonna. Yeah, it's. It's weird. And people are also just. Maybe the kid's just soft. Just got another email for two in a row, Katel. Soft. I don't know about that. That's kind of this one, he's all right. He's batting.400 the past 10 games. Tell that pussy to get over it. Right? And that's the fan. There's the fan.
Brady
Fan and full. I hear that a lot from again, like, older players in sports, like, man, you. You could say whatever. That motivates me most of the time on the field, Travis know exactly what the fans trying to do.
John Holmberg
Yeah, right. But he's an anonymous stranger. Like, nothing he says is meaningful. Like, if he hits the mark once, it's an accident.
Brady
And there's the occasional snap. That happens.
John Holmberg
Sure.
Brady
Mostly in basketball. Well, player goes up in the stands.
John Holmberg
That's happened once. You know that's happened was I'm literally Charles Barkley spit on a guy.
Brady
There's a couple times.
John Holmberg
Malice in the palace is the one. I think you remember that.
Brady
That's the big one. But then there's another. There's a couple. There's a review of a couple that happened. But yeah, it rarely.
John Holmberg
Going into the stands. And if they did, it is so unbelievably rare that, you know. And I didn't go in the stands.
Brady
It was the. The players started fighting and a fan came out and started pushing the other player.
John Holmberg
Either way, if it's something that happens, like all the things that are said, especially in basketball, you think you'd see more dudes swinging on somebody or breaking down in tears because they're right there. If I was Cattel, I'd have run our test. That dude, yeah, sure. Ran up there. This is. This guy's listened a long time. You believe there's more to the Cattel Marte crying story than you do the JFK assassination. You really are a Jew. What does that mean?
Brady
Got you.
John Holmberg
Damn it. He got me. No, I don't think there's more to it than that. I'm just saying.
Brady
No, it makes sense.
John Holmberg
Yeah. I don't know. There's something else going on. The yo mama jokes. All right, now I'm starting to hear about. Like, it's just weird. It's just a weird thing. And, you know, the news is all over and should be. But I mean, I'd be more concerned that Cattell Marte has more going on than we know because that's. That's not a normal human reaction. We talked about it yesterday, and it's just that as I watched yesterday, the news start to cover. They were all about the fan. Oh, a terrible fan. Terrible fan. Like, yeah. Hold on. What's going on over here? This dude reacted weirdly to A and the kid's 22. I get it. Let's give him a little jackassery pass here. It's like, you idiot, you just said something terrible about this guy's mom. Do you know the history? No, I don't. I. If he knows it, then he's a well versed Heckler. At 22, he gets another chance. You tell the 22 year old, you jackass, you're not coming to a game this year. We're done with you. Reset. Come back a little more mature and you'll be done. Because he even said the thing. He's like, I, I feel bad. I don't think he knew what he said was actually accurate or whatever he had said or. That bad. Yeah, it was probably an I your mom thing and it was, you know, and was she.
Brady
I mean, that happen goes on all the time.
John Holmberg
Absolutely.
Dick Toledo
I don't know.
John Holmberg
I don't know what it is. I have no idea what it is. But anyway, it's strange and the Diamondbacks need to start making sure that maybe give Mr. Marte a week off to just go sit in the therapist.
Brady
I was wondering if he is playing.
John Holmberg
Yeah, he's fine as far as like, I'll be all right. But his face was all puffy. He'd been crying. Something going on.
Brady
I'm sure he doesn't like that to be the big story. Can you imagine?
John Holmberg
And he's also, as time goes on, the new heckle is going to be, there's no crying in baseball. He's going to start catching it now. So yeah, the tears made it worse. There's going to be Tom Hanks cutouts in the stands and stuff.
Brady
Not to put up on the big screen.
John Holmberg
Are you crying? There's no crying in baseball. They're going to nail him with it. If I was the, you know, look, Major league baseball would fire me. But if I was the dude in the booth, I'm like, can I do the no crying thing on the big screen? You better not cry. You know, I might just do is that there's a snake in my boot. And they just do a lot of Tom Hanks quotes and have cattell worry that the one's coming. Damn it, they're gonna hit me, aren't they?
Brady
Anyway, Brennan, crying could tell what the.
John Holmberg
Hell'S going on out there in the field. They've stopped the game here. Tom Brennaman from wfgs. The hell's going on up there? Tell Marte's getting a hug. Here comes the trainer. He's hugging him. I think he's hurt. I do too, Tommy. That's right, Cowboy. I'm pretty sure his feelings are hurt. Can you go in the DL for that? What a wfgs. We'll be right back. We're gonna send that to Tom. He's just gonna go huge. Jackass. This jerk off down in Phoenix. You jackass. It would be great if he worked at wfgs though. Thought of that last night and I started laughing.
Brady
New partner, Beth Mullins, Cowgirl.
John Holmberg
That's right, cowboy. He'd still call her Cowboy. Geez, Thomas, it looks like somebody out there is crying. That's right, Beth, Cash, Cowgirl. Boy, whatever. We don't tolerate tears here at fgs. I don't know. I don't know. It's just weird. It was a strange situation. I feel bad for Cattell, but it seems like they're more will come from this. Hopefully people will understand it. But heckling is still part of the game. And if the dudes start breaking down crying, guess what? It's going to get worse if they know. If hecklers realize, oh my God, I can make them cry, they're not going to stop in meaningful games. If the Diamondbacks are in the playoffs again, Marte is going to get hammered.
Brady
Fans, please be more sensitive.
John Holmberg
We remind you that Cattel Marte is very sensitive, like a woman. Don't say anything about his mother, please. Fans, please. Now enjoy the ball game and go Rangers. Rangers. Fans, like what? We can make that dude cry. Remember we used to do it here when we get a phone call from a guy and you're like, oh, this one's about to cry. And we'd start playing sad music in the background. So let's see if we can make him cry.
Brady
That's good for the right question.
John Holmberg
That's great for ratings. And I'd go down lines and go, tell me about your sister. Well, she was in a. We found her in a landfill. Like, oh my God.
Brady
Which one wasn't the Rocky? We used the.
John Holmberg
Yeah, it was the sad Rocky music. Every time we go, that dude's about to go, we're about to lose a. And I'd be like, oh, geez, I hope he's okay. Cue the music. Yeah, we gotta find that music and make sure he's all right. I can't find it.
Brady
My wife and I got into a big argument.
John Holmberg
I don't know, man. I mean, I made some mistakes and stuff. Just seems like she's. She's not gonna be around much longer because of my bad behavior. Are you gonna cry? No, I'm all right. I think you might cry. We got one. Hey, we got one on the hook. We got one on the hook. Yeah. Hold on a sec. Hold on.
Brady
Sometimes they had to hold for like five minutes.
John Holmberg
We got a crier on on two. And I'm like, all right, let. No, we never got anybody to just lose it, but this is what it was like. All right, we got Dave on line. Three of you there. My wife is. She packed up last night. She took off. She said, drink too many High Noons.
Brady
You let him soak in that music just a little bit. It works.
John Holmberg
I had 12 or 13 high noons yesterday. She's pregnant. She left. Tell me more about that, Doug. Well, I had them delivered by that bear grizzly thing and they bring it over to the house. That was, uh. Huh.
Brady
That's really tough.
John Holmberg
You think she's coming back or she. You think she shacked up with somebody else with a bigger dick? I haven't thought about it that far down the road, to be honest.
Brady
Just know we're here for you, brother.
John Holmberg
I'm pretty sure she wouldn't leave you for somebody with a smaller dick. I'm not. I don't know. Something in my eye on the phone.
Brady
It's okay. Let it out.
John Holmberg
Let it out. You're with friends. Friends with bigger dicks who are probably all gonna bury it in that whore that just left you. I'm sorry.
Brady
Your nose is small.
John Holmberg
Anyway, she's the third one that left me and I don't know, I'm thinking it's probably a tiny little tatcher. I don't know. I'm gonna go now. I gotta go back to work.
Brady
Thanks for talking to me.
John Holmberg
You got it. Thanks for calling, Doug. We'll see you downstairs in sales. He was one of ours anyway.
Brady
The girls were about every time.
John Holmberg
Girls supposed to cry? Girls are. We make girls cry. Nobody in the WNBA has ever started sobbing on the court because of what someone said. This is weird. This is weird. It's weirder than people are saying it's weird in the way sports stations are handling it. Everybody wants to be the hero of protect the players. Blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. Fan, blah, blah blah. Banned him guy, he's a jerk. I'm like, all right, you're right. What's going on with this guy? Good. That means at least I'll get rid of the kissing cam and the muscle cam now. And we'll get the crying cam. That's right, make them cry. If you're on the verge of tears. Let me tell you something. Your wife is banging a guy with a much bigger dick. Let's take a look at these sad, confused guy cam. Yeah, they go through the crowd. It's just guys sitting there going, arguing with a woman. I'm not. I swear I'm not the guy. The big voice guy said you're banging somebody with a bigger dick.
Brady
I'm not.
John Holmberg
He doesn't have a bigger dick. Wait a minute. What do you mean? You are banging another guy, but he's got an equal sized dick. Sad fighting couple cam. I'd watch that all day. That would be pretty cool. This one dude's job at the ballpark is to find a couple fighting, put them on the screen. They're in there every day. They're in there every day. Anyway, your mama joke shouldn't make you cry. It should be tougher than that. He's from the city. Let's get ourselves a wake up song, shall we? 585-9800. A good one and we'll scream it together. It's 98 KUP, Wake Up. Arizona's most powerful rock radio station. He said fully erect. 98kt.
Holmberg's Morning Sickness - Arizona Episode: 06-26-25 Release Date: June 26, 2025 Host: John Holmberg Co-hosts: Brady Bogen, Bret Vesely, Dick Toledo
In the June 26, 2025 episode of Holmberg's Morning Sickness on Arizona's #1 Morning Radio Show, host John Holmberg along with co-hosts Brady Bogen, Bret Vesely, and Dick Toledo delve into a spirited discussion about the Phoenix Suns' recent draft strategies, the sensational media coverage of June heat waves, and a troubling incident involving baseball player Katel Marte. The episode is marked by sharp critiques, humorous interludes, and insightful commentary aimed at engaging and challenging their audience.
The primary focus of the episode centers on the Phoenix Suns' recent maneuvering in the NBA draft, specifically their decision to trade away Kevin Durant and acquire centers Moluak Maluwak and Mark Williams.
John Holmberg opens the discussion expressing his bewilderment:
"I don't understand one thing the Phoenix Suns do, and I spend a lot of money down there... So that's the Sun's pick to begin with, right? That's theirs." [00:41]
Brady concurs, highlighting the risk of targeting centers in the draft:
"You feed it down to the big man." [04:35]
John elaborates on the potential pitfalls:
"If you draft a center at number 10. Right. You're saying to your fan base and your teams, this guy is going to lock down the center position for hopefully the next seven to ten years. Wouldn't you?" [06:28]
He criticizes the overabundance of centers:
"Now you got two centers in the same five minute. There's been another trade. The Suns have... traded away for a terrible team... You are no clue. You're not anywhere near close to being a competitive playoff team." [08:27]
The hosts debate the lack of proven talent and the potential impact on the team's dynamics, questioning the Suns' long-term vision and stability.
Interspersed with serious analysis, the hosts introduce the fictional Knipples family—a group characterized by their alliterative K-named siblings, adding a layer of humor to the discussion.
John Holmberg jokes:
"The Flying Knipples and Cooper Flag, they're gone." [04:35]
Brady adds:
"Five Knipples." [11:07]
This recurring gag serves to lighten the mood amidst critical discussions, showcasing the hosts' camaraderie and comedic timing.
Transitioning from sports to local news, the hosts critique the media's handling of June heat waves, arguing that the extreme weather is a seasonal norm rather than an unprecedented event.
John Holmberg states:
"Why is it so hot? Cause it's June." [28:30]
Brady supports this viewpoint:
"It's hot because it's June." [23:28]
John further criticizes the media's sensationalism:
"Those nut bags that have been saying TV indoctrinates kids. They're right... This is the most normal June." [29:04]
The discussion underscores a skepticism towards media narratives, suggesting that alarmist reporting on heat waves may contribute to unnecessary public anxiety.
A significant portion of the episode is dedicated to analyzing a distressing incident involving Katel Marte, a Major League Baseball player who broke down emotionally during a game after being subjected to a derogatory comment from a young fan.
John Holmberg expresses concern:
"This tells me because Katel Marte's mother... he looks up and sees who it is... There's something bigger going on." [29:49]
Brady adds depth to the conversation:
"He's feeling remorse now. He said that?" [32:33]
John emphasizes the importance of addressing mental health:
"If I was his friend, I'd be like, I understand. That was painful. That's not a normal reaction. You've got something else you need to talk about." [32:31]
The hosts argue that Marte's reaction indicates underlying mental health issues that require attention, rather than attributing his breakdown solely to external provocation.
Throughout the episode, the hosts interlace humorous segments and personal anecdotes, enhancing the show's engaging and relatable atmosphere. Topics range from playful takes on sports broadcasting to fictitious scenarios like a "Crying Cam" at ballgames.
John Holmberg humorously suggests:
"Let's get the crying cam. That's right, make them cry." [45:29]
These lighter moments provide relief from the intense discussions, showcasing the hosts' ability to balance humor with critical analysis.
The June 26 episode of Holmberg's Morning Sickness offers listeners a blend of sharp critique on the Phoenix Suns' draft strategy, a skeptical view of media reporting on heat waves, and a compassionate analysis of an athlete's mental health struggles. Interspersed with humor and personal stories, the hosts create a dynamic and engaging conversation that challenges conventional narratives while entertaining their audience.
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For more insights and discussions, tune in to Holmberg's Morning Sickness on 98KUPD weekdays from 5:30 AM to 10:00 AM.