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Former Mint DIrector Phil Diehl to pitch for Colorado Rockies

CaptHenwayCaptHenway Posts: 31,548 ✭✭✭✭✭
Numismatist. 50 year member ANA. Winner of four ANA Heath Literary Awards; three Wayte and Olga Raymond Literary Awards; Numismatist of the Year Award 2009, and Lifetime Achievement Award 2020. Winner numerous NLG Literary Awards.

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    HemisphericalHemispherical Posts: 9,370 ✭✭✭✭✭

    He must have jumped into a time machine and “de-aged” himself from 67 to 24 years old. :D

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    ZoinsZoins Posts: 33,863 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited March 24, 2019 8:51AM

    Is this one of those crossover threads between coins and sports cards?

    Here's Phillip Diehl in his work clothes for his current job:

    Here's Philip Diehl dressed up for his previous job:

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    HemisphericalHemispherical Posts: 9,370 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited March 24, 2019 8:52AM

    His last “pitch.”

    An interesting factoid: They are both lefties.

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    maplemanmapleman Posts: 1,052 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @Hemispherical said:
    His last “pitch.”

    An interesting factoid: They are both lefties.

    Perhaps a genetic acquisition?

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    rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭

    The second picture shows him holding the coin in his right hand...Perhaps ambidextrous??? ;) Cheers, RickO

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    HemisphericalHemispherical Posts: 9,370 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @ricko said:
    The second picture shows him holding the coin in his right hand...Perhaps ambidextrous??? ;) Cheers, RickO

    Could be... many if us lefties were/are forced to use both hands. I remember in grade school wondering why scissors never worked for me, until I switched to my right hand. Life goes on and we all adapt. :)

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    CameonutCameonut Posts: 7,257 ✭✭✭✭✭

    This is a big Diehl!

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    thefinnthefinn Posts: 2,653 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @ricko said:
    The second picture shows him holding the coin in his right hand...Perhaps ambidextrous??? ;) Cheers, RickO

    You mean he's a switch hitter. We are talking baseball.

    thefinn

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