Umpire Pat Hoberg was fired by Major League Baseball for sharing his legal sports gambling accounts with a friend who bet on baseball games and for intentionally deleting electronic messages pertinent ...

M ajor League Baseball has terminated umpire Pat Hoberg for violating the league's gambling policy. Hoberg was disciplined by the league last summer and appealed the decision. In ...

Major League Baseball has fired umpire Pat Hoberg after he shared sports betting accounts with a professional poker player ...

Pat Hoberg was the notable exception after he became the first and only MLB umpire to call a perfect game since Ump Scorecards began tracking, doing so in the World Series. But the rise of Hoberg as a ...

Major League Baseball announced Monday that it has terminated umpire Pat Hoberg for violating the league’s gambling rules. MLB’s decision was made in May 2024 and upheld following an appeals process ...

Hoberg had originally been fired on May 31, 2024, after MLB had launched an investigation in February of that same year after ...

In its statement, MLB said it fired Hoberg for failing to "uphold the integrity of the game" and that he "should have known" that his friend -- a professional poker player -- had bet on baseball from ...

Umpire Pat Hoberg, whom Houston Astros fans might remember from his perfect game behind the plate in Game 2 of the 2022 World Series or his 2019 ejection of Justin Verlander, was fired by Major League ...

Major League Baseball upheld its decision to fire umpire Pat Hoberg on Monday after it said that he had been sharing a betting account with a friend who bet on baseball. Hoberg, MLB said ...

MLB issued a statement today regarding Pat Hoberg. The umpire has been fired for violating the league's gambling policy. Per ...

Umpire Pat Hoberg was fired by Major League Baseball ... the umpire deleted his Telegram account, according to MLB. MLB said Hoberg told it during the investigation and appeal that he had been ...

From MLB's official statement ... "We thank Commissioner Manfred for his careful consideration of Pat Hoberg's appeal. As Major League Baseball umpires, we have devoted our professional lives ...