tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6061800788985767182.post8271463909414231300..comments2024-02-17T06:52:03.732-06:00Comments on Texas Rangers Cards: 1973 Topps - Tom Grieve.Spiffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15614196449493651457noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6061800788985767182.post-7871347286989825712010-04-21T17:23:54.896-05:002010-04-21T17:23:54.896-05:00Very interesting story James. Thanks for sharing. ...Very interesting story James. Thanks for sharing. Wonder if Engel was/is really a collector or if there was something else going on.Spiffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15614196449493651457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6061800788985767182.post-53338833248893585212010-04-21T12:05:41.820-05:002010-04-21T12:05:41.820-05:00Thanks for doing this blog. I really enjoy it and ...Thanks for doing this blog. I really enjoy it and check it out often. <br /><br />Share this interesting story with your readers. I read the D.C. Examiner every day and one of my favorite pieces is their little section on crime history. Here's a good one from this date in 1990 that I'd forgotten about. Its pretty amazing.<br /><br />http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/local/crime/CRIME-HISTORY---Major-League-umpire-91640619.html<br /><br />CRIME HISTORY - Major League umpire busted for baseball card theft<br /><br />By: Scott McCabe <br /><br />Examiner Staff Writer<br /><br />April 21, 2010 <br /><br />On this day, April 21, in 1990, Major League Baseball umpire Bob Engel was arrested for stealing 4,180 baseball cards from a retail store in Bakersfield, Calif. A security officer said he saw Engel, 56, pull a paper bag from the waistband of his pants and slip seven boxes of cards, valued at $143, into it. Engel, an umpire in the majors for 25 years, was back at work the day after his arrest, working the Dodgers-Astros game from first base. Baseball suspended him the following day and two weeks later Engel was hit with a new charge of trying to take cards at a second store. Engel retired after he was sentenced to three years probation.James Crabtreenoreply@blogger.com