Given the reception he got at FanFest and throughout a month of spring training, the odds are good that Hunter Pence would have received the loudest ovation from Giants fans at the home opener had players lined up as planned.
Instead, Pence, who returned to the organization in early February, is sheltering in place in Arizona, hitting wiffle balls in his backyard and throwing into a net as he tries to stay in shape for what would be his eighth season in San Francisco. If baseball returns this summer, it will do so without fans, but that connection is still something that constantly brings a smile to Pence's face.