Umpires first began calling both balls and strikes way back in 1864, and baseballers have been arguing about those calls ever ...

The veteran umpire shared a sports wagering account with a professional poker player who used the account to place bets on ...

Pat Hoberg was the notable exception after he became the first and only MLB umpire to call a perfect game since Ump Scorecards began tracking, doing so in the World Series. But the rise of Hoberg as a ...

Umpire Pat Hoberg, whom Houston Astros fans might remember from his perfect game behind the plate in Game 2 of the 2022 World Series or his 2019 ejection of Justin Verlander, was fired by Major League ...

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

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

Major League Baseball today announced the 2025 slate of free one-day MLB Umpire Camps that will be held across the country this season. The MLB Umpire Camps, which serve as the main pathway for ...

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

Pawol last year became the first woman to umpire a big league spring training game since 2007, but did not receive a regular-season call-up.

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

Major League Baseball upheld its decision to fire umpire Pat Hoberg on Monday after it said that he had been sharing a betting account with a friend who bet on baseball. Hoberg, MLB said, was ...