"The strict enforcement of Major League Baseball's rules ... manipulated games in any way. "However, his extremely poor judgment in sharing betting accounts with a professional poker player ...

For as long as poker has been around, players have been organizing card games outside of casinos. This has been done for a variety of different reasons as people look for alternative ways to play ...

“However, his extremely poor judgment in sharing betting accounts with a professional poker ... the rules and integrity of the game. If our union believed that an umpire bet on baseball, we ...

However, the league found that the poker player bet on baseball via the account ... our professional lives to upholding the rules and integrity of the game. If our union believed that an umpire ...

The league fired Hoberg in May 2024 after it found the umpire was sharing a legal sports gambling account with his friend, who is a professional poker ... on baseball, nor any evidence of game ...