Things were simpler for the Giants a year ago.
I'm not even referring to the global pandemic-shaped elephant in the room, or the coronavirus' impact on baseball and society writ large. No, I'm thinking of the fact that Madison Bumgarner still wore orange and black in 2019, and his beef(s) with celebrating hitters were still on the minds of Giants' fans.
The San Diego Padres, apparently, also pine for that simpler time. A fun fact about Los Angeles Dodgers second baseman Max Muncy on the Petco Park scoreboard called back to the Bumgarner era on Monday night, reminding us that the man sometimes known as Mason Saunders and Muncy traded verbal barbs last season.