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Misidentifying talent
Out of context, you might think they were scouting actors or models, but these are baseball players ("A" is Lloyd Moseby, "B" is Jim Abbott, and "C" is Derek Jeter), ones that were quite good (Lloyd Moseby was arguably only a very good player for perhaps four years, but that makes him extraordinary compared to most…
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- HN comments
- 213
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- 4 commenters
Career & ManagementTech Industry & Business2022
On Hacker News
| Submitted | Title on HN | Points | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 22, 2022 | Misidentifying talent by akaij | 230 | 161 |
| Aug 26, 2023 | Misidentifying Talent (2022) by _xivi | 70 | 52 |
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Linked from 4 Hacker News comments by 4 different people, from Apr 2022 to Nov 2025.
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- valadaptive · Nov 15, 2025
- achenet · Oct 4, 2023
- camgunz · Aug 27, 2023
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