Mychael Urban was a San Francisco native and longtime Bay Area sportswriter, radio and TV personality.
Mychael was a graduate of the University of San Francisco, where he majored in Communications with a Journalism emphasis and was a left-handed pitcher for the Dons’ NCAA Division I baseball team, earning a spot on the All-West Coast Conference Scholar-Athlete list of honors.
In 2011, Urban was replaced full-time by Marty Lurie, who was hired part-time in 2010, in part because Urban's work writing and TV work for CSNBA prevented him from hosting his pre- and post-game radio shows during the Giants’ postseason run, which culminated in the team's first World Series title since moving to the West Coast from New York for the start of the 1958 season.
Mychael was the author of the book "Aces: The Last Season on the Mound with the Oakland A's Big Three: Tim Hudson, Mark Mulder and Barry Zito.” It was published and released by Wiley & Sons in March 2005 and made the San Francisco Chronicle Best-Seller list.
Urban spent the summer of 1998 as the pitching coach for the Slovakian National Baseball Team, which finished fifth at the European Championships in Hull, England.