Hunter Pence is going out in style

Mercifully, the 2018 San Francisco Giants season will file its story in just five days. And then, just like that, it will disappear into the thick fog; the coaches will retreat to their beach houses and hunting trips, the players will recuperate from their plethora of touch-up surgeries, and we, at 7:15 p.m. each night, will flip through stations, looking for the cracking of maple on cowhide and the dulcet tones of a fine broadcast duo, wondering where it all went.

Among those dispersing from the depths of AT&T Park, set to begin a fresh new offseason, is Hunter Pence.

Perhaps he’ll briefly return to his home planet. Perhaps he’ll road trip the United States, on a quest to visit 500 coffee…