Major League Baseball said on Monday it had fired top umpire Pat Hoberg for violating strict league rules concerning gambling."The strict enforcement of Major League Baseball's rules governing sports betting conduct is a critical component of upholding our most important priority: protecting the integrity of our games for the fans,

Umpire Pat Hoberg was fired by Major League Baseball for sharing his legal sports gambling accounts with a friend who bet on baseball games and for intentionally deleting electronic messages pertinent

Hoberg had originally been fired on May 31, 2024, after MLB had launched an investigation in February of that same year after receiving information that he had opened a sports betting account with a sportsbook in his own name.