Pearce is one of my favorite stories from his era, an-oft-injured AAAA-type who bounced up and down before an out-of-nowhere breakout at age 31 that took him from on-his-way-out to set for life financially, followed by an improbable, late career World Series MVP award at age 35.
Steven Pearce and Chris Sale both played at my high school and Pearce is hands down the one we’re most proud of. Just an all around nice dude and the best fielder most of us have ever seen.
