Tim Mead, a former Los Angeles Angels top public relations executive and president of the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum, spent Wednesday in testimony explaining how he handled issues with a staffer convicted of providing a fatal dose of fentanyl to the late Angels pitcher Tyler Skaggs, making the case that he tried to help him with his mental health issues and not having major concerns about drug abuse or dealing.

Under a day of questioning from attorney Rusty Hardin, who represents the widow and parents of Skaggs, who are suing the baseball team, Mead tried to explain how he handled what he characterized as sporadic episodes of unusual behavior that ultimately led to a hospitalization and a stint in rehabilitation for Eric Kay.

Near the end of a day of testimony, Hardin conf

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