Ump, Rays pitchers fined for quarrel
Major League Baseball fined umpire Tom Hallion and Tampa Bay Rays pitchers David Price, Jeremy Hellickson and Matt Moore undisclosed amounts for their dust-up last weekend.
Hallion was the plate umpire and crew chief during the Rays’ game Sunday against the White Sox at U.S. Cellular Field, and Price thought he missed a pitch in the seventh inning. They exchanged words after the inning, and Price — the reigning American League Cy Young Award winner — accused Hallion of directing an expletive at him.
Hallion called Price a ‘‘liar’’ after the game.
Price, Hellickson and Moore later made comments about Hallion on Twitter. The pitchers were fined for violating MLB’s social-media policy that forbids ‘‘displaying or transmitting content that questions the impartiality of or otherwise denigrates a major-league umpire.’’
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