Former Baseball Player-Turned Announcer Claims MLB Network, Others Defamed Him

Mitch Williams, former Major League Baseball pitcher and television broadcaster, has filed a lawsuit in the Superior Court of New Jersey, Camden County, against MLB Network, and the publisher of the sports website Deadspin.com, Gawker Media LLC and Gawker Media Group, Inc.   The suit alleges that in May 2014, Williams was the victim of false and anonymous statements published by Gawker concerning his child's baseball game. The suit further states that MLB Network, for whom Williams was a br