Why SF Giants, Hunter Pence fit ‘like a puzzle piece’
SAN FRANCISCO — Before the festivities on Saturday, when he becomes the 55th person with a plaque on the Giants’ Wall of Fame, Hunter Pence will watch their game against the Dodgers Friday night from his perch in the Apple TV+ broadcast booth on the third deck of Oracle Park.
Off the field, he surfed. He rode his scooter to the ballpark. He endeared himself as a quirky goofball in a city full of them. Then he helped bring those goofballs two World Series titles. “It was just different,” Pence said. “In Texas for sure, I was kind of in a shell a little bit. In Philly, kind of similar. I definitely think it helped heal me and helped me come out of my shell, just this environment.”
The Giants snuck in as a wild card that year, then barreled through the Pirates, Nationals and Cardinals on their way to their second World Series title in three years, prevailing over Kansas City in seven games. Pence hit safely in 15 of his 17 games that postseason — an .875 overall OPS — and during the World Series batted .444, scored seven runs and drove in five more.
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