It doesn't take another pitcher going down after a shot to the head to evoke his brutal memory of 16 years ago this week at Fenway Park. What happened to Bryce Florie that day, Sept. 8, 2000, has been ...

Every professional athlete comes to a point in their lives when their playing careers are over and they are forced to ask themselves a single question: Now what? For nearly two decades, baseball was ...

BRYCE FLORIE could see, in the thick grass beneath his feet, the black snake slithering toward him. He was sitting on metal bleachers, the kind you’d find next to a high school ball field. The setting ...

2002-02-26 04:00:00 PDT Phoenix-- Bryce Florie recalls it all too clearly. The searing line drive heading straight for him, his glove going up too late, the ball shattering the bones around his right ...

The way Bryce Florie sees it, he didn’t become a Major League Baseball pitcher on his own. He had talent, but he also had a lot of help. Among the men who assisted Florie were his father, Robert ...