The major league baseball on Monday announced that it will support the decision to dismiss the referee. Pat Horberg Following the investigation of his involvement Sports bed account.
The league discovered Horberg in May 2024 after the referee sharing a legal sports gambling account with a professional poker player friend. My friend was not identified by name, but the account was used to bet on baseball that violates the MLB policy, according to the league statement.
Horberg appealed for dismissal and sought a third party investigation.
After another review that Hoberg did not discover evidence of evidence that he bet directly or indirectly or indirectly, the MLB Commissioner Robert Manfred Jr. Baseball game. “
There was no evidence that HOBERG betting on baseball, but his friend did 141 times between 2021 and 2023. Investigators said that this includes eight games that HOBERG’s referee or five games that were responsible for replay reviews.
HOBERG and THE FRIEND have deleted detailed betting and telegram messages. Horberg has argued that he is ashamed of the frequency and quantity of betting activities, including betting on soccer, basketball hockey, and golf.
According to Manfred Jr., the dismissal was guaranteed a “poor judgment” in sharing gambling accounts with those who bet on baseball, just like deleting baseball and messages.
According to Retrosheet, Hoberg, who was a MLB referee since 2014, has been fully responsible for the judgment error.
“These errors will always be a source of shame and embarrassment for me,” Horberg states in a statement through the Major League’s Referee Association, has never bet on baseball, and provides anyone to bet. I added that I have never done it. baseball.
“I apologize for mistakes in the major league baseball and baseball community. I will learn from them and make a better version of my better version,” he said.
HOBERG can apply for a return as a referee after the start of spring training in 2026 in accordance with the league policy.
