FILE - In this Dec. 4, 2006, file photo, Jimmie Lee Solomon, MLS executive vice president of baseball operations, announces the Civil Rights Game, during the baseball winter meetings in Lake Buena Vista, Fla. Solomon, a top executive for Major League Baseball under Commissioner Bud Selig who established youth academies and helped launch the annual Futures Game of top prospects, has died. He was 64. Solomon was among the highest-ranking Black officials in baseball when he left in 2012. His daughter, Tricia Solomon, said Friday, Oct. 9, 2020, that he was found dead at his house in Houston and the cause was not immediately known. (AP Photo/Reinhold Matay, File)FILE - In this Aug. 27, 2008, file photo, Jimmie Lee Solomon, executive vice president of baseball operationsfor MLB, explains some aspects of the new instant replay capabilities to the media at MLB.com in New York. Solomon, a top executive for Major League Baseball under Commissioner Bud Selig who established youth academies and helped launch the annual Futures Game of top prospects, has died. He was 64. Solomon was among the highest-ranking Black officials in baseball when he left in 2012. His daughter, Tricia Solomon, said Friday, Oct. 9, 2020, that he was found dead at his house in Houston and the cause was not immediately known. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
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FILE - In this Dec. 4, 2006, file photo, Jimmie Lee Solomon, MLS executive vice president of baseball operations, announces the Civil Rights Game, during the baseball winter meetings in Lake Buena Vista, Fla. Solomon, a top executive for Major League Baseball under Commissioner Bud Selig who established youth academies and helped launch the annual Futures Game of top prospects, has died. He was 64. Solomon was among the highest-ranking Black officials in baseball when he left in 2012. His daughter, Tricia Solomon, said Friday, Oct. 9, 2020, that he was found dead at his house in Houston and the cause was not immediately known. (AP Photo/Reinhold Matay, File)