Steve Pearce's sports viewing for the last year isn't complicated.
A lot of Tom Brady and absolutely no baseball.
The 2018 World Series MVP appeared on The Live BP Baseball Show with Rob Bradford and Steve Perrault Saturday to reveal that he hasn't watched one inning of baseball since officially retiring on the Mut at Night Show in April.
"It's not easy, but when you know, you know," Pearce said of his retirement. "I don't regret this decision for one second. I was actually at a baseball clinic today and I answered a whole bunch of those questions like, 'Do you miss it?' No. I didn't even want to pick up a bat. To this day it's still hard to be around it. I haven't watched baseball since I retired. I have no idea what is going on. I can't change the channel fast enough when I see baseball come on. It's not that I miss playing, because I don't miss it. It's just tough knowing that I probably could play but I'm over baseball right now and I'm just ready to move on to the next chapter of my life."
The former Red Sox added, "It's hard for me right now. I still love the game but I'm at a point in my life right now where I'm ready to move on and start the next chapter. I still love baseball. I'll get to it when I'm ready."
The 37-year-old last played in 2019, when he was limited to just 29 games after signing a one-year deal with the Red Sox following his 2018 heroics.
A lifelong Patriots fan, Pearce bought season tickets for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers' 2020 season when his hometown team signed Brady. He was only able to attend one game (Bucs vs. Green Bay) in person, however, due to COVID-19 restrictions.
Now he ready to guide his fellow Buccaneer followers through another Brady Super Bowl.
"I can't wait," he said. "I really can't. Now I get to watch games with Bucs fans they're used to Jameis and these different quarterbacks not holding on to the football. I'm sitting there telling them, 'Guys, relax, we're fine.' They are pacing back and forth and I'm like, 'Guys, we've got this. It's no big deal. We've been there before.' They're laughing saying, 'Pearce, how are you sitting there with the game on the line.' But they're Bucs fans. They're used to going 8-8 every year. Now we have the missing piece."