The best pitch-calling MLB umpire is Pat Hoberg. According to umpirescorecards.com, Hoberg had a league-best 95.3% accuracy ...

The guys discuss the betting story about MLB umpire Pat Hoberg being fired for violation the league's gambling rules.

— In 2008, NBA referee Tim Donaghy pleaded guilty to wire fraud and transmitting betting information for taking thousands of dollars from a gambler for inside tips on games, including games he worked.

CLEVELAND, Ohio — Top draft picks and longtime prospects will compete for one of the lone glaring openings in the Guardians lineup when spring training gets underway next week. The competition is sure ...

Major League Baseball on Monday fired one of its most respected umpires for "sharing" legal sports betting accounts with a ...

Major League Baseball has fired umpire Pat Hoberg after he shared sports betting accounts with a professional poker player ...

Umpire Pat Hoberg was fired by Major League Baseball for sharing his legal sports gambling accounts with a friend who bet on ...

Hoberg, who denied betting on baseball, said he took “full responsibility” for acts detailed by MLB, including sharing ...

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 ...

Baseball and betting have never mixed, so it should come as no surprise that the MLB has fired an umpire linked to sports betting.

Although the league found no evidence Pat Hoberg bet on baseball, his friend did so 141 times between 2021 and 2023.

Hoberg had originally been fired on May 31, 2024, after MLB had launched an investigation in February of that same year after ...