Activision Blizzard nabs MLB executive Tony Petitti to run sports and entertainment

One of MLB’s two deputy commissioners has left to take a senior job with the country’s biggest esports operator. MLB Deputy Commissioner of Business & Media Tony Petitti was named Activision Blizzard’s president of sports and entertainment on Monday. He will remain based in New York and report to Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick. Petitti officially starts next week. “What Tony’s going to be uniquely able to do is unite what we’re doing in sport, film and television and consumer products,…