MLB Ump Pat Hoberg fired for gambling-sharing account with a poker pro

Ok, who is the first to report the name of the poker pro?

https://apnews.com/article/umpire-pa...01434b18a81369

“ NEW YORK (AP) — 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.”

https://www.newsweek.com/sports/mlb/...gering-2025513

“ Major League Baseball fired Pat Hoberg on Monday after the umpire allegedly shared sports betting accounts with a professional poker player who bet on baseball”

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Originally Posted by The Boz

Ok, who is the first to report the name of the poker pro?

https://apnews.com/article/umpire-pa...01434b18a81369

“ NEW YORK (AP) — 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.”

https://www.newsweek.com/sports/mlb/...gering-2025513

“ Major League Baseball fired Pat Hoberg on Monday after the umpire allegedly shared sports betting accounts with a professional poker player who bet on baseball”

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$35,000 profit on $214,000 in wagers... 16.36% ROI

Dude was printing money.

It's just like the Shohei thing- MLB says "nothing to see here!"

If they're firing him, despite their protests, there is some shady dealing.

Oh yeah- deleted messages too. Unreal.

I would love to see a list of affected games, and if any odd calls made a difference.

Having an umpire can be huge, especially a home plate umpire. Imagine a close game with bases loaded and 2 outs, where an incorrect strike call ends the inning. That could mean the difference of several runs.

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Originally Posted by Dan Druff

I would love to see a list of affected games, and if any odd calls made a difference.

Having an umpire can be huge, especially a home plate umpire. Imagine a close game with bases loaded and 2 outs, where an incorrect strike call ends the inning. That could mean the difference of several runs.

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It literally includes that information in one of the articles in the OP

Wonder which poker pro was betting for angel Hernandez

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Originally Posted by Texter

Wonder which poker pro was betting for angel Hernandez

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nKRkTxtBmuk

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Originally Posted by The Boz

Ok, who is the first to report the name of the poker pro?

https://apnews.com/article/umpire-pa...01434b18a81369

“ NEW YORK (AP) — 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.”

https://www.newsweek.com/sports/mlb/...gering-2025513

“ Major League Baseball fired Pat Hoberg on Monday after the umpire allegedly shared sports betting accounts with a professional poker player who bet on baseball”

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How fucking stupid did he have to be? DFS and Sportsbooks know these guys cant bet on baseball (the sport they are judging) so to loan his account to somebody who as an individual could was just stupid. Those bets would be automatically flagged and the site would be required to report any such bets made just like the NBA dummy who bet on Basketball up in Toronto. These books have been provided a list of whos who in each sport as a player, ref, owner, etc so their accounts can be monitored for violations just like this. Same as the GEO locating which got some NFL players in trouble for placing bets while located on their teams practice facility. Its still a no-no to place any bets on other sports while at practice or the stadium/arena for a game.