If you watched Game 5 of the 2018 World Series, as the Boston Red Sox clinched the championship, two things were clear.
1. Former South Carolina star Steve Pearce was playing the best baseball of his life en route to earning MVP honors.
2. It was a dream scenario for Pearce, winning on the team he grew up loving as a child in Florida.
Pearce was traded to Boston midway through the 2018 season along with cash for a minor leaguer, and he wasted little time in becoming a postseason folk hero for his favorite team.