For years, baseball players were skeptical of HGH testing because they weren't convinced there was a reliable test for the substance. But things changed after British rugby player Terry Newton received a two-year ban for a positive test in February 2010. According to Michael Weiner, executive direct
The first athlete to test positive for HGH was British rugby player Terry Newton in November 2009. A half dozen other athletes have been caught since, most recently minor league first baseman Mike Jacobs last month.
Terry Newton, a former British international rugby league player, was the first athlete suspended for a positive HGH test last year. He admitted taking the substance and was banned for two years. Newton died in September at age 31, found hanged at his home in a suspected suicide.