In 2018, the Chicago Cubs were playing the St. Louis Cardinals at Wrigley Field. The Chicago Cubs gave a signed baseball to a child after social media became outraged over the perceived wrongdoing of an adult fan, but the camera only captured part of the story.

Chicago’s first base coach tossed a foul ball to the child on the front row. The child, however, missed the ball and it rolled behind him. The video showed an adult snatch it up. It looked as if the ball was taken away from the child.

People on social media, including MLB-owned accounts, were not happy with this. The cubs wanted to make sure the child went home happy and delivered him a ball signed by infielder Javier Baez.

But in the photos the Cubs tweeted, the boy had two baseballs. It turns out, despite social media and earlier reports, the adult fan had already helped the boy get a baseball earlier in the game.

Chicago sports talk host David Kaplan spoke to the members of the Cub’s organization to get the full story. No doubt this fan never got to tell his story or be forgiven.

Too often, we think we have all the facts when we only have fragments. In our modern “got you” culture it is easy to condemn people without hearing the whole story.

However, Scripture warns us, “Thou shalt not raise a false report: put not thy hand with the wicked to be an unrighteous witness (Exodus 23:1).”