A prominent Major League Baseball umpire has been officially fired by the league for gambling. Pat Hoberg, a 38-year-old umpire who called a "perfect" game - by umpire standards, a.k.a not getting ...

Major League Baseball on Monday announced that it stands by the decision to fire umpire Pat Hoberg following an investigation into his involvement with a sports betting account. The league fired ...

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 ...

Major League Baseball upheld a decision to fire umpire Pat Hoberg over a gambling ... this situation began in February in 2024. He was fired last May 31. Hoberg never bet on baseball himself.

Major League Baseball said on Monday it had fired top umpire Pat Hoberg for violating strict league rules concerning gambling. The league said in a statement a decision to dismiss Hoberg made in ...

Kirby Lee-Imagn Images In February, Major League Baseball fired umpire Pat Hoberg after it was revealed he shared a legal sportsbook account with a professional gambler. Hoberg appealed his ...

Home Plate Umpire Brian Walsh uses an earpiece to hear the electronic notification as to weather a pitch was a ball or a strike by the ABS system during a AAA minor league baseball game.