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.
The 10 candidates on the Golden Era Committee ballot are: Dick Allen, Ken Boyer, Gil Hodges, Bob Howsam, Jim Kaat, Minnie Minoso, Tony Oliva, Billy Pierce, Luis Tiant, and Wills. Any candidate who is named on at least 75 percent of all ballots cast will be inducted in the Hall of Fame as part of the Class of 2015.