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Don't judge them too harshly or quickly. In the spring of 1921, a young ball player named Lewis Garrig had a tryout for the great John McGraw at the polo grounds.

McGraw was the manager of the Giants and one of the greatest evaluators of talent in the history of the game.

It was a good tryout. Garig hit a few deep balls. He was lively and quick.

He was already showing off his almost inhumanly large lower body, which was key to his power

at the plate.

But then Garrick headed to first base, where he promptly let an easy ball go through his feet.

And according to biographers, the tryout ended almost immediately. McGraw had seen

all he needed to see. We might call this moment McGraw's folly. In an instant, he sized up and judged

this kid, and Garrig was a kid, painfully shy, sheltered, inexperienced, and promptly missed out

on the career of one of the game's greatest talents

and human beings. Gareg would go on to play first base for the Yankees, hit hundreds of

home runs, win multiple World Series, and play the longest streak of consecutive starts

in the history of the game. Maybe he would have been worth a little more attention, a little more patience, and a slightly

more open mind.

It's essential that we learn from these misses when it comes to talent.

People are ciphers, even our own kids.

We're not nearly as good at evaluating ability and predicting the future as we think we are.

So we have to be forgiving.

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