MLB umpire Pat Hoberg has been fired for breaking league rules on gambling
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The MLB just announced that umpire Pat Hoberg has been fired after he was caught breaking the MLB's gambling rules.
The MLB has a Rule 21 in place which states that no player, manager, coach or umpire are allowed to place any bets on baseball but are allowed to bet on other sports through legal channels.
The answer is no. Players, along with managers, coaches and umpires, are all forbidden from betting on the sport under Rule 21. -Bloom
The MLB has fired umpire Pat Hoberg for sharing a betting account with a friend
The MLB announced this afternoon that they have fired longtime umpire Pat Hoberg after it was discovered that he had been sharing a betting account with a friend but there is no proof that he was placing any bets himself.
Breaking, per MLB: Umpire Pat Hoberg has been fired for sharing betting accounts with a friend who bet on baseball though there is no evidence Hoberg himself bet on games or manipulated any that he worked. He also deleted messages central to MLB's investigation.
The league launched an investigation and were not able to prove that he placed any bets or manipulated any games that he worked but they do know that he deleted messages central to their investigation.
Hoberg's story definitely does not look too clean especially when he made it look like he had something to hide by deleting messages which is why he lost his job and fans are not convinced that he was not placing bets himself.
«Sharing betting accounts with a friend» LOL
The 38 year old umpire has been in the MLB since 2014 and has called some very important games throughout the years even umping a World Series game in 2022 but it looks like he is now done for good.
Source: Sportico
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