Hello and welcome to Mind of Myka today is part two of Myka's read of the week about

Al Michael's comes from Defector.com. It's entitled Al-Michles and the

price of comfort in part one we talked about how Al-Michles, the legendary

sports broadcaster, refuses to eat vegetables of any sort.

Now we will continue this piece by Drew McGarry.

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call our hotline 800 392 634 all right continuing on part 2 the history of al-Michael's is the history of Sports in America. He was born and raised in Brooklyn. His mom, Lila, routinely busted him and his friends out of school to take them to the horse track, which is awesome.

His old man took him to Brooklyn Dodgers games at Ebbets Field, where he watched Jackie Robinson.

Al was six years old the first time he saw Jackie play.

He didn't grasp the magnitude of what Robinson had achieved though.

Seven decades later, he may still not fully grasp how Robinson himself felt about it.

What he remembered most about those trips to Ebbit Field. how Robinson himself felt about it.

What he remembered most about those trips to Ebbet Field

were the colors, the immaculate emerald grass,

the Dodgers uniforms, which Van Sculli perfectly described as wedding cake white, the bright signage, the

tawny infield dirt.

I remember walking in and quote, and well, quote, I remember walking in and holy mackerel this is breathtaking

The Dodgers moved to LA in 1957

The Michael's family with 13-year-old Al in tow followed suit just a year later.

Leaving Al Michaels is one of the few New Yorkers of his era who was pleased

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