David Price ‘shocked’ that confrontation with Dennis Eckersley resurfaced

David Price spoke to reporters before Wednesday’s game.Red Sox starter David Price said he is “shocked’’ that his 2017 confrontation with NESN broadcaster Dennis Eckersley keeps resurfacing.

“That was two years ago,’’ Price told reporters in the Red Sox clubhouse before Wednesday night’s game against the Toronto Blue Jays at Fenway Park. “Two years. Close to 800 days. Come on, dude.’’

In July 2017, the Globe’s Dan Shaughnessy reported that Price had called out Eckersley on the team plane after the 64-year-old Hall of Fame pitcher said, “Yuck,’’ in analyzing lefthander Eduardo Rodriguez’s stat line during a NESN telecast. According to Shaughnessy, Price shouted, “Here he is — the greatest…