Mitch Williams takes the stand

I didn't go to court today, but I'm told by a reliable source that Pettita's testimony resumed but nothing new was developed. Then Williams took the stand for direct examination by his lawyer. His demeanor was affable and relaxed. The video of the first game on Saturday was played and no cursing could be heard. Williams denied that he had cursed at the umpire. He stated that he turned to the crowd, after a ball that almost hit the dirt was called a strike, and yelled "I have to get this guy another job".
His version of the alleged bean ball was that he told is catcher to tell the pitcher to pitch inside to the batter because this particular batter had previously hit a double off of an outside pitch. This is in direct conflict with the testimony of Anthony Pettiti(COO of major league baseball). Remember from yesterday's blog that Pettiti was adamant that in his conversation with Williams, the latter said admitted that he had told his pitcher to "knock the opposing pitcher off the plate". But it's also noteworthy that a day earlier, a player on the opposing team had been hit by a pitch and Williams ran onto the field to help the youngster. Apparently Williams helped his cause today. He will resume testimony Monday afternoon.