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Major League Notebook: June 12

Here is what's happening around baseball on Saturday June 12, 2010: • Jimmie Lee Solomon, who has overseen baseball's on-field operations -- including MLB's umpires -- since 2005, has been reassigned, according to a New York Times report. Solomon will now be in charge of minor league operations and MLB's academies...

Baseball Brunch: Upon Further Review ...

Every Sunday, MLB FanHouse empties out its notebook in Baseball Brunch.When Willy Aybar's home run Thursday in Cleveland was upheld by a video review, it marked the sixth time in six days umpires made use of baseball's instant-replay rule.So the natural question to ask Jimmie Lee Solomon, Major League Baseball's executive...

It May Be Time to Revise Our Thoughts on Gary Sheffield

When Gary Sheffield's interview with GQ became big news late last week, we were among the first to bumrush Sheffield as being an idiot, or at the very least being a silly guy not very good at managing his communicative output. After all, Sheffield's insinuation was that Latino players were more willing and able to be...