Fired UMP was connected to bets on Mets games

Fired UMP was connected to bets on Mets games

A friend of Pat Hoberg used the legal sports game accounts of the Major League Baseball referee games affected the Mets.

Hoberg was released on Monday.

Bob Nightengale from USA Today said that MLB focused on five games, including two METS competitions:

June 15, 2021: Hoberg was the leading replay officer for a game between the Chicago Cubs and the Mets. There was not a single repetition. Hoberg’s friend set 1,050 US dollars for the Cubs -and won 1,550 US dollars.

August 15, 2021: Hoberg was the Home Plate referee for a game between the Los Angeles Dodgers and the Mets. According to MLB ‘evaluation system, he missed only two parking spaces in the game with a score of 98.89%. The two missed parking spaces were in “situations with a low leval. Hoberg’s friend set 3,200 US dollars for the Dodgers -and won 5,200 US dollars.

MLB opened the investigation last February when it was made aware of the sports book, and Hoberg did not swirl last season. While MLB said that the investigation did not reveal any evidence that Hoberg personally bet on baseball or manipulated games, MLB Senior Vice President from Operations on the field, Michael Hill, recommended that Hoberg will be released on May 24th.

Commissioner Rob Manfred said on Monday that he confirmed Hill’s decision. Hoberg cannot apply for the best rated referees in the assessment of the strike zone earlier than in 2026 spring training.

Hoberg’s “Extremely bad judgment in the passing on of betting accounts with a professional poker player, he had reason to accept baseball and the accounts that were actually used together on baseball in combination with its deletion of messages at least the appearance of appearances, which creates the most serious Discipline justifies, ”said Manfred. “Therefore, there is only reason to maintain Mr. Hoberg’s termination because it does not correspond to the high standards for personal behavior and maintains the integrity of the baseball game.”

Now 38, Hoberg became a professional referee in 2009, made his debut in the Great League on March 31, 2014 and joined the Major League employees before the 2017 season. During the second game of the 2022 World Series, he had an unprecedented “Umpire’s Perfect Game” by ordering balls and strikes on all 129 playgrounds according to Umpire.

“I take full responsibility for the judgment error described in today’s declaration,” said Hoberg in a statement. “For me, these mistakes will always be a source of shame and embarrassment. The Major League baseball referees are kept into a high personal standard of conduct, and my own behavior has not passed this standard.

“To be clear, I have and would never bet on baseball in any way in any way. I have never made any information available to everyone and would never provide it to bet on baseball. Maintaining the integrity of the game was always of the greatest importance for me. I apologize to Major League Baseball and the entire baseball community for my mistakes. I swear to learn from them and be a better version of myself. “

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