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After a tumultuous postseason for umpires, Major League Baseball has shaken up the roster of supervisors entrusted with evaluating umpire performance.

Veteran umpires Randy Marsh and Charlie Reliford have retired and taken jobs as supervisors, and former supervisors Marty Springstead, Jim McKean and Rich Garcia were not retained, MLB executive vice president Rob Manfred confirmed to ESPN.com on Saturday.

Manfred, who oversees labor relations and human resources for MLB, said baseball is "always looking to make sure we have the best group of supervisors available." He cited three reasons for the changes.

"Because of early retirement, there were some quality people like Randy Marsh who became available to us," Manfred said. "When things go less than perfectly -- as they did in the postseason -- you're going to think about making changes. And part of it is just the natural turnover in an organization. It's no more complicated than that."

MLB umpires landed in the middle of several controversies because of missed calls in October. One of the most egregious came in the Division Series, when Phil Cuzzi ruled that a drive to left field by Twins catcher Joe Mauer was foul when the ball clearly landed in fair territory.

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=4971771

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