Major League Baseball

Ooh, slight burn: Pence responds to trolling fans with gentle posts

Published Aug. 8, 2014 5:57 p.m. ET

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This trolling war is so civilized.

When the Giants visited Citi Field to play the Mets last weekend, some savvy New York fans took to trolling Hunter Pence in a hilariously hushed fashion, showing up with signs mildly insulting the San Francisco outfielder with all the scratch of a de-clawed cat.

The weekend of @hunterpence signs. pic.twitter.com/0d0gm7eik9
— MLB Fan Cave (@MLBFanCave) August 3, 2014

Tune into the @MLBNetwork today @ 5pmE as I chat w/ the guys from @IntentionalTalk about the #HunterPenceSigns pic.twitter.com/Hs72cEwNFk
— Hunter Pence (@hunterpence) August 8, 2014

The decidedly tame barbs quickly became a social media sensation, with #HunterPenceSigns establishing its presence and even inspiring its own Twitter account:

Hunter spence bunts in Wiffleball. #HunterPenceSigns
— Hunter Pence Signs (@SignsPence) August 8, 2014

Hunter Pence collects Hunter Pence baseball cards. #HunterPenceSigns
— Hunter Pence Signs (@SignsPence) August 7, 2014

Hunter Pence dots his i's with hearts. #HunterPenceSigns
— Hunter Pence Signs (@SignsPence) August 7, 2014

It got to the point that not even Pence could ignore the social media roar (even if it was delivered in library voices). The 31-year-old All-Star responded to the gentle prodding with some entertainingly tame trolling posts of his own: