It started with a couple of kids giving Hunter Pence a good-natured, sign-based ribbing when his San Francisco Giants visited the New York Mets:

.@hunterpence continues to get OWNED by signs at Citi Field, also continues to crush the ball: http://t.co/ZzsUvfE6tA pic.twitter.com/SbAuPdkTaE — Cut4 (@Cut4) August 4, 2014

Then, it became an all-out "thing," as other fans followed suit and the hashtag #HunterPenceSigns was born.

How did the former All-Star respond? By turning them into memes:

Oh, and his girlfriend, Alexis Cozombolidis, did, too:

Hunter Pence

wins the Internet.