PostSportsPlus: The long-shot dreams that unite Yankees sensation Michael King and his musician sister
Michael King’s mother, Michele, his sister, Olivia, and his father, Jim, were there for his big league debut at Yankee Stadium.He is 27. He is listed at 6-foot-3, 210 pounds. He doesn’t need his big sister to protect him — anymore.
“We’re very interested [in each other’s passions], just not good at them. I think that worked well because we never really competed over anything, and we were able to just root for each other. We’ve always been each other’s biggest fans.”“We’re very interested [in each other’s passions], just not good at them,” Michael said of his relationship to music and Olivia’s with sports.King wanted to be Tom Brady. His parents squashed that plan before it could crawl. He’d settle for Yankees shortstop.
“He was so serious about it all,” Michele said. “I remember apologizing to his coach because he would just sit in the dugout, like he needed to decompress, while all the other kids were at the snack bar getting hot dogs and soda. The coach said, ‘Do not ever apologize for the way he’s behaving. I wish everyone cared as much as he does.’”
In 2017, the big break arrived. She signed a deal with a label — following months of work together on a gentleman’s agreement — and invited her family over for a celebratory dinner. While waiting for a counter signature, Olivia received an email that the contract offer was being pulled. “I was more afraid for my daughter than my son because his path is a straighter one. She couldn’t rely on anyone. Mikey has had so many people to help him.”So he waited. And waited. And he wondered, ‘What is going on? … And why is the fan on?’
“That played into why I was not expecting it at all,” Mike said. “It was a joke, but she took it seriously.”on “The Tonight Show.” She wrote the lyrics in her old closet in her parents’ house. Toye, a music producer friend, made the beat. Rapper Maye Star handled the verses.
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