David Price is not happy with umpire Tom Hallion - MLB

Rays lefty David Price held the White Sox to three runs over seven innings en route to an 8-3 victory, his first of the season, but Price was furious thanks to umpire Tom Hallion. Walking towards the dugout after the seventh, Price said a few choice words to Hallion before leaving. Shortly thereafter, Hallion appeared to eject Price but it was actually Jeremy Hellickson, who was also yelling at Hallion from the dugout.

Mark Topkin of the Tampa Bay Times tweeted about the exchange:

#Rays Price says bench was upset because home plate umpire Tom Hallion told him to “throw the ball over the f-in plate”

— Marc Topkin (@TBTimes_Rays) April 28, 2013

#rays Price said he said nothing to provoke Hallion and that for Hallion to speak to him that way was “terrible”

— Marc Topkin (@TBTimes_Rays) April 28, 2013

Umpire Tom Hallion, to pool reporter, on #Rays @davidprice14‘s laim he cursed him: “I’ll come right out bluntly and say he’s a liar,’

— Marc Topkin (@TBTimes_Rays) April 28, 2013

There is a lot more, but it’s mostly a “he said, he said” battle. Rays pitchers took to Twitter to defend Hellickson and explain the situation:

Right and the most quiet guy in #mlb got ejected from the game RT @looneybird14999: @davidprice14 Ump says you lied to reporters…

— David Price (@DAVIDprice14) April 28, 2013

There’s only one person lying about all this and his name starts with a T and rhymes with pom

— Jeremy Hellickson(@JHell58) April 28, 2013

Lies! lies i tell you! RT @tbtimes_rays: Umpire Hallion said to Price:”I said, “Just throw the ball.” That’s all I said to him’

— Matt Moore(@MattyMoe55) April 28, 2013

There’s more if you have the urge to check out Price’s Twitter feed.

We will certainly be hearing more about this.

NEW YORK – In the first acknowledgment that MLB and the players’ association resumed blood testing for human growth hormone, the organizations said none of the 1,027 samples taken during the 2022 season tested positive.

HGH testing stopped in 2021 because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Testing also was halted during the 99-day lockout that ended in mid-March, and there were supply chain issues due to COVID-19 and additional caution in testing due to coronavirus protocols.

The annual public report is issued by Thomas M. Martin, independent program administrator of MLB’s joint drug prevention and treatment program. In an announcement accompanying Thursday’s report, MLB and the union said test processing is moving form the INRS Laboratory in Quebec, Canada, to the UCLA Laboratory in California.

MLB tests for HGH using dried blood spot testing, which was a change that was agreed to during bargaining last winter. There were far fewer samples taken in 2022 compared to 2019, when there were 2,287 samples were collected – none positive.

Beyond HGH testing, 9,011 urine samples were collected in the year ending with the 2022 World Series, up from 8,436 in the previous year but down from 9,332 in 2019. And therapeutic use exemptions for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder dropped for the ninth straight year, with just 72 exemptions in 2022.

Overall, the league issued six suspensions in 2022 for performance-enhancing substances: three for Boldenone (outfielder/first baseman Danny Santana, pitcher Richard Rodriguez and infielder Jose Rondon, all free agents, for 80 games apiece); one each for Clomiphene (Milwaukee catcher Pedro Severino for 80 games), Clostebol (San Diego shortstop Fernando Tatis Jr. for 80 games) and Stanozolol (Milwaukee pitcher J.C. Mejia for 80 games).

There was an additional positive test for the banned stimulant Clobenzorex. A first positive test for a banned stimulant results in follow-up testing with no suspension.