When did Giants fans become vigilantes? Better yet, when did they become vigilantes over the littlest things? Like players' dating lives?

It's true Hunter Pence was in a major slump up until his walk-off grand slam against the Dodgers. And it's true that slump coincided with his relationship with local DJ Stephanie Tanner. But did that really justify booing Tanner loudly as she attempted to sing "Take Me Out to the Ball Game" at AT&T Park, leading to her breaking up with Pence in front of everybody?

Maybe the Giants screwed up by putting Tanner in that position to begin with. Heck, Pence reportedly arranged for her performance himself. Even so, the announced crowd of 41,840 heightened the situation by roaring their disapproval in a fashion once reserved for the Crazy Crab.

This whole thing was ridiculous from the start. The Giants have three World Series titles in five years and suddenly, their fans believe in jinxes? They must be getting bored with championships, so they need a curse to go along with them. Time for Chicago's Billy Goat to scoot over.

People were upset because Tanner was supposedly the cause of Pence's slump? It's a six-month season, folks. You might not like it, but slumps are a part of baseball and every player goes through them, even lengthy ones. Tanner was simply a victim of circumstance.

Bill Buckner and Steve Bartman know what it's like to be blamed for a team just missing its big prize. Regardless of how you feel about their roles in their respective situations, they're still part of the overall narratives. Still, at least the Red Sox and Cubs had something bigger at stake. Pence played a role in the Giants losing only a few regular-season games and yet, Tanner caught more flak than any Kardashian ever has for getting involved with a professional athlete.

Did anyone even consider everything else that's happened recently? Like Pence still returning to form after recovering from his fractured forearm? Or facing Clayton Kershaw, arguably the best pitcher in the game, the very day his slump broke? Ignorance must truly be bliss in the Bay Area.

Pence ended up being the hero of the game, so all is forgiven, right? Not really. The damage was already done during the seventh-inning stretch. Tanner was holding back tears as she made her very public decision to end the relationship, yet no one seemed to care as long as the alleged jinx was lifted.

Many outside San Francisco already hold Giants fans in a bad light for cheering whenever Barry Bonds appears at AT&T Park. Now, they can add player relationship meddlers to their lists. If everyone had just bitten their tongues and taken part in a great baseball tradition without incident, maybe Pence is still dating Tanner and he walks off the Dodgers anyway. Instead, a humiliating experience for both has gone viral and the fan base has become the laughingstock of the league.

The only thing surprising about this anymore is that the crowd didn't threaten to throw Tanner into McCovey Cove. It's been dissected piece by piece and all that's left to say is everyone involved should feel ashamed that they allowed this to carry out as it did. The damage has been done and no one will forget this anytime soon.

So we now enter the healing process and it can start by the city realizing once and for all that jinxes and superstitions can't directly impact a player or team's performance. They might be part of the game, but there's no real substance to any of them. If no one can accept this, what we just saw is bound to happen again. To borrow from the local talk show Tanner's father Danny once hosted, wake up, San Francisco.