They were asked torespond in the context of their most important product orproduct line, and the most recently ended planning period(see Table 1 for a brief description). Forty tape-recordedinterviews lasting between 60 and 90 minutes yieldedmore than 1,200 pages of transcripts.
Tim Kurkjian: Yes. Sammy Sosa is a Hall of Famer. There is no definitive proof about his alleged steroid involvement, so in the absence of hard evidence, his numbers are what we go by, and they are of Cooperstown quality. He has the fifth-most home runs in baseball history.
Hall president Jeff Idelson said the idea of a revised plaque was fostered by Hall of Fame second baseman Joe Morgan, who is also the Hall's vice chairman. Morgan met with Rachel Robinson in January at the Foundation's New York City offices, and she agreed that the 35th anniversary of the Foundation was ideal timing.