Umpire Pat Hoberg is the latest professional sports figure caught in a betting scandal. The 38-year-old Hoberg was fired by Major League Baseball on Monday for sharing his legal sports gambling ...

FILE - Umpire Pat Hoberg (31) looks on during a baseball game between the Baltimore Orioles and the Los Angeles Angels, May 17, 2023, in Baltimore. (AP Photo/Terrance Williams, File) ...

Umpire Pat Hoberg ... for MLB by lawyer John Dowd found Rose placed numerous bets on the Cincinnati Reds to win from 1985-87 while playing for and managing the team. Now 82, baseball’s all-time leader ...

He was trying to get the attention of Jordan Hicks ... when he returned from Tommy John surgery last July and struck out eight Los Angeles Dodgers in five no-hit innings. But he had a 5.26 ...

SAN FRANCISCO -- Before he was formally introduced as the new shortstop for the Giants last month, Willy Adames went down to the field to take pictures. As he walked behind the plate, Adames ...

Hicks had a 2.82 ERA through 15 starts and was consistently giving the Giants five innings in his first real shot as a starting pitcher. But he hit the wall physically and also ran into an innings ...

Even a pitcher like Murdock ... so thin right now that Hicks might be able to carve out a role for himself as a first baseman/DH (and occasional catcher). He won’t hit for much any power ...

As Central Missouri infielder John Prudhom crossed home plate ... The clock must also not be running if, say, the umpire is brushing off home plate or a hitter is handing off his equipment to a coach ...

SAN FRANCISCO -- A long-held dream is finally about to come true for Jordan Hicks ... evolved as a pitcher?' "We definitely see those ingredients as a starter." Alex Cobb (left hip surgery) and ...

Commissioner Rob Manfred upheld a ruling the dismissal of umpire Pat Hoberg for violating MLB's ... [+] betting rules. (AP Foto/Terrance Williams) Pat Hoberg once pitched a perfect game.

Reilly Opelka launched into stinging criticism of chair umpire Greg Allensworth for penalising him following a confrontation with an "idiot" heckling fan who was "hiding behind a pole".

Major League Baseball announced Monday it fired an umpire for sharing his legal sports gambling accounts with a friend who bet on baseball games. MLB said umpire Pat Hoberg was also fired for ...