Jeff Idelson Quotations

Right now, it's premature for us to address steroids in the museum. At some point of time, we will. We just don't know in what form.

The Hall of Fame's collections are rich and diverse, given baseball's history and role in helping to shape and define American culture, ... Having the Jack Kerouac bobble-head in our collection is important, given he's an American icon who had a deep passion for the game, which he shared in his writing.

Barry has a history of being generous to the Hall of Fame. Though he hasn't donated anything from home run No. 700, we have numerous artifacts already in Cooperstown from his career.

After seeing the results of the study, the (Hall of Fame) board felt it was important to hold an election.

The Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum will never accept artifacts from any company known to be involved with gambling.

The Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum will never accept an artifact from any company whose business is promoting gambling.

The cardinal rule in baseball is you don't gamble. It's been posted in every clubhouse since 1927.

We would not intentionally compromise its integrity when there are other ways to tell the history of this milestone.

Think about trying to find anybody who caught two home run balls in the same game, and I don't think you can find anybody, ... Put it in the context of the historic game played here, and it's really amazing. Shaun's gesture is the ultimate act of selflessness.

The way our board looks at it, this election is necessary and needed. Is it the last time? Based on the study we've commissioned and the research we have, it is, but we would never close the door completely on anyone.