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.
Sammy Sosa appeared in public for members of the news media in spring 2009. At the time he appeared much as his normal self seen through years of baseball play. But in fall 2009, just six months later, he appeared at the Grammy Latino Awards several skin tones lighter.