On the heels of losing Ms. Lewis, MLB cut ties with Korn Ferry after the firm failed to bring minorities and women into baseball's top front office and managerial positions. MLB and Korn Ferry forged their relationship 18 months ago in an effort to give minority and female candidates a better chance to land higher visibility positions within the baseball organization. The league at the time instructed Korn Ferry to put a special emphasis on helping some of the most underrepresented groups in the baseball hierarchy gain admission to its top jobs. While that didn't go as planned, the search firm is continuing its relationship with various teams across the league, and the baseball commissioner recently cited Korn Ferry as "a quality firm that does good work."