Two of baseball’s high-profile athletes have found themselves in a legal battle to maintain their reputations. Ryan Howard of the Philadelphia Phillies and Ryan Zimmerman of the Washington Nationals have filed separate federal defamation lawsuits against Al Jazeera America, Deborah Davies, an employee of Al Jazeera, and Liam James Collins, a former reality show star who briefly worked with Al Jazeera.These lawsuits stem from Al Jazeera’s publication of an investigative report claiming both Howard and Zimmerman …