MLB Investigating Umpire Pat Hoberg for Violating Gambling Rules: Reports

When the Supreme Court struck down a federal law that effectively banned commercial sports betting in most states, the floodgates opened. Within five years of the landmark 2018 ruling, teams, athletes, and multiple sports leagues across the country were endorsing legal sports gambling operators.And while the leagues’ anti-gambling laws remained strict for its own personnel, the opportunities for anyone to cross that line had exploded.That includes umpires.Against this backdrop, perhaps it was just a matter of time until the latest instance of sports gambling run amok was revealed: a major…