{"id":1584833,"date":"2024-06-15T09:56:07","date_gmt":"2024-06-15T13:56:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sports7.us\/?p=1584833"},"modified":"2024-06-15T09:56:07","modified_gmt":"2024-06-15T13:56:07","slug":"mlb-disciplines-umpire-pat-hoberg-for-violating-gambling-rules","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sports7.us\/news\/mlb-disciplines-umpire-pat-hoberg-for-violating-gambling-rules\/","title":{"rendered":"MLB Disciplines Umpire Pat Hoberg For Violating Gambling Rules"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Major League Baseball (MLB) announced Friday it has disciplined umpire Pat Hoberg for violating the league's gambling rules. This comes 10 days after the league levied a lifetime ban on a player for gambling and suspended four others for one year.<\/p>\n

MLB umpire Pat Hoberg is appealing the discipline and has denied gambling on baseball<\/h2>\n

Hoberg, 37, is appealing the discipline and has denied betting on baseball, according to reports. Hoberg has not umpired a game this season. In a statement, the league did not provide whether its investigation into Hoberg concluded that he had bet on baseball.<\/p>\n

MLB said in a press release: “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.<\/p>\n

“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. Hoberg has chosen to appeal that determination. Therefore, we cannot comment further until the appeal process is concluded.”<\/p>\n

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MLB has disciplined umpire Pat Hoberg for violating the league's gambling rules. While the specific nature of the discipline Is unknown, Hoberg has denied betting on baseball, sources tell ESPN, and is appealing the ruling, which @Ken_Rosenthal<\/a> and @EvanDrellich<\/a> first reported.<\/p>\n

— Jeff Passan (@JeffPassan) June 14, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n