Coney, why don't you have a dance?

There were a lot of great Yankee moments back in the day. There were also a lot of commericials. I was looking for funny videos on youtube when i came across one from the 90's. There is david cone in a club wondering what dance everyone is doing and a woman replies, "the el duque." Luis Sojo is also in this commercial and if you can see closely the great Clay Bellinger is to the side. Good night everyone.

With Mauer Talks in Progress, Baseball Can Only Hope for the Best

2010 will be an exciting year in free agency. King James is going to have to make the decision of whether to stay in a city where no professional team has won a championship since the 1964, or to go the bright lights of the big apple. Dwayne Wade will most likely leave Miami for greener pastures and Chris Bosh will also have to decide his fate. But the most important signing of them all is none other than Mr. Minnesota, Joe Mauer. Joe Mauer can validate that title for the rest of his life if he signs a long-term deal to the low budget, yet highly competitive Minnesota Twins.

The reason I bring this up now is because sources have told WCCO-TV's Mark Rosen that the Twinkies and Joe Mauer have come to a preliminary agreement with the Minnesota Twins for a 10-year contract. Don't rejoice yet Twins fans because ESPN's Buster Olney has tweeted saying that while talks "are optimistic" the report is "not accurate."

We all know baseball is in a rut right now. The steriod era is not over yet and will not be for a long time. The latest big baseball news once again was a former player admitting to his alleged steriod use and completely fabricating the truth. It may take the league another five years to take major steps away from the whole scandal. But the bigger problem in the sport is money. I guarantee you will never hear people arguing about payrolls in any other major sport. The big thing in the NBA is that with one great player a team can at least be competitive. Even with Cleveland's unimpressive supporting cast, Lebron is leading the Cavs to the number one seed in Eastern Conference. Even with a terrible (and I repeat terrible supporting cast) Wade is in position to make the playoffs. But in baseball, it is quintessential not to bank on one player. Take Alex Rodriguez for example. Between 2001 to 2003 Alex Rodriguez was no doubt the best hitter in the American League. He averaged 52 bombers per year, hit around .300 every year, and won two gold gloves. And every year in that span Texas finished in last because of their mediocre pitching staff.

That's what makes payrolls so important in baseball. There are so many holes needed to be filled on a baseball team and teams with money have such an advantage to do so. Not only that, when players on low budget teams gain superstar status, the teams can't sign them back because they don't want so much money committed to one person. But for the sake of baseball Joe Mauer needs to stay with the Twins. This is the ultimate test for major league baseball. Ownership of the Twins needs to make a statement for major league baseball that a low-budget team can keep their franchise players. As a Yankee fan even I would be completely distraught if he were to sign with the Yankees. Who working for the MLB would want to see a team with six of the highest paid players in the game. I want to see the low-budget teams keep their high profile players. And while it might terrible for some to see Lebron, Wade, or Bosh go to the Empire State and play for the Knickerbockers, Mr. Minnesota leaving the only place he has known as home for greener pastures would be the most detrimental of them all.

Welcome everyone!

Hello Everybody!  Welcome to Check that Chris Everett! The new sports blog that will provide analysis and humor.   Each week I will post a random sports clip and this being my first post why not let it be a video clip.  This one comes from user rairjordan of youtube, a clip back from 1994 when michael jordan decided to quit the dream, the fufill his late father's dream of michael being a baseball player.  Michael actually goes 2 f0r 4 in the exhibition game against the cubs at wrigley field.  Not only do we get to see Michael swinging a bat, we get to see the great and late Harry Caray interview him. Enjoy!