MLB Upholds Decision to Fire Umpire Pat Hoberg for Violating Gambling Rules

Major League Baseball upheld the decision to fire umpire Pat Hoberg upon appeal after he was found to have violated the league's gambling policy.

While there was no evidence discovered that Hoberg bet on games himself or manipulated the ones he worked, he shared betting accounts with others who did bet on baseball.

MLB insider Jessica Kleinschmidt shared the league's statement that said, in part, "The disciplinary action was taken due to Hoberg's failure to uphold the integrity of the game by sharing sports betting accounts with a professional poker player and friend who bet on baseball and whom Hoberg should have known bet on baseball, and due to Hoberg's intentional deletion of messages…