Major League Baseball has disciplined umpire Pat Hoberg for violating the league's gambling rules, sources told ESPN.
Major League Baseball has disciplined umpire Pat Hoberg for violating the league's gambling rules, sources told ESPN, 10 days after the league levied a lifetime ban on a player for gambling and suspended four others for one year.
In a statement, MLB said:"During this year's Spring Training, Major League Baseball commenced an investigation regarding a potential violation of MLB's sports betting policies by Umpire Pat Hoberg. Mr. Hoberg was removed from the field during the pendency of that investigation. While MLB's investigation did not find any evidence that games worked by Mr. Hoberg were compromised or manipulated in any way, MLB determined that discipline was warranted. Mr.
If he were found to have bet on baseball, Hoberg would be in violation of MLB's Rule 21, which punishes those who gambled on games in which they were involved with a lifetime ban and games in which they weren't with a yearlong suspension. Hoberg, 37, is best known for his perfect performance in Game 2 of the World Series, when he was home-plate umpire and called all 129 balls and strikes correctly. He is widely regarded as the best ball-strike umpire in MLB.
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