Major League Baseball has fired umpire Pat Hoberg after he shared sports betting accounts with a professional poker player who bet on baseball. In a news release issued Monday, the league said it ...

Now 38, Hoberg became a professional umpire in 2009, made his big league debut as a call-up on March 31, 2014, and joined the major league staff ahead of the 2017 season. During Game 2 of the 2022 ...

Commissioner Rob Manfred upheld a ruling the dismissal of umpire Pat Hoberg for violating MLB's ... [+] betting rules. (AP Foto/Terrance Williams) Pat Hoberg once pitched a perfect game.

NEW YORK (AP) — Umpire Pat Hoberg was fired by Major League Baseball on Monday for sharing his legal sports gambling accounts with a friend who bet on baseball games and for intentionally ...