Pat Hoberg has officially been fired by MLB, the league announced on Monday. Hoberg had been fired on May 31 last year, but he appealed and sat out the season as MLB investigated.

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 Baseball on Monday for violating its gambling rules.

Umpire Pat Hoberg was fired by Major League Baseball on Monday for sharing his legal sports gambling accounts with a friend who bet on baseball games and for intentionally deleting electronic messages pertinent to the league’s investigation.

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,

MLB announced that it had fired umpire Pat Hoberg, who was caught sharing sports betting accounts with a professional poker player who used those accounts to bet on baseball. While there's no evidence (yet,