WATCH BELOW: Baseball umpire school ... and you play a little game of catch," said Brandon Laine, a UPC attendee who's first love was baseball. Laine played from Little League to college but ...

Major League Baseball said on Monday it had fired top umpire Pat Hoberg for violating strict league rules concerning gambling. The league said in a statement a decision to dismiss Hoberg made in ...

In a statement released through the MLB Umpires Association on Monday, Hoberg said he took "full responsibility for the errors in judgement" detailed in the league decision. "Those errors will ...

Hoberg, 38, first umpired in Major League Baseball in 2014 before being appointed on a full-time basis from 2017. He umpired in postseason games every year from 2018 to 2022 and also officiated in the ...

but still want the chance to work in the collegiate level," Jamal Allen, a minor league umpire and UPC Instructor, said. UPC is a four-month curriculum condensed into an accelerated six-day program.