82% of Boston-area adults say former Red Sox first baseman Bill Buckner should be forgiven, according to an exclusive WBZ-TV News poll conducted by SurveyUSA.

11% say Buckner should not be forgiven, and presumably were not among the attendees at the Red Sox home opener Tuesday who gave Buckner a lengthy standing ovation as he threw out the first pitch. Also in this camp: WBZ’s own Jon Keller.

Overall, 69% said it was a good idea to have Buckner throw out the first pitch; 21% thought it was a bad idea.

In other Red Sox news,  while 30% of adults say they are “a little worried” about the team’s slow start, 61% say they aren’t worried at all. 7% — disproportionally older respondents — say they are worried “a lot” by it. (Boston, now with 4 wins and 4 losses, and in third place in the American League East,  had not yet played their home opener when the poll was conducted; Boston won the game, 5-0.)

Full results of the poll are here.