The back of Ryan Zimmerman’s neck became red. Seated in the home dugout at the Washington Nationals’ spring training complex in Viera, Florida in February, Zimmerman was in the midst of an expansive explanation about why he filed a defamation lawsuit against Al Jazeera America, Liam Collins and Al Jazeera reporter Deborah Davies.
“After the first week or two, when all the shock and the media and all that wears off and now you just have to live with it and go through it when there’s no attention really, it becomes part of your daily life,” Zimmerman said.