Major League Baseball has upheld the firing of one of its best umpires, Pat Hoberg, for violating its gambling rules. The decision follows an appeal filed by Hoberg last year after MLB first informed him of its discipline.
In a statement released Monday from the office of commissioner Rob Manfred, MLB said it upheld the termination of Hoberg for a failure “to uphold the integrity of the game.” The decision, the league said, is based on two major findings: that Hoberg shared sports betting accounts with a professional poker player and friend who bet on baseball and that Hoberg deleted electronic messages central to MLB’s investigation.
