There, nothing can be taken for granted. It becomes hard to define the concept of area, for instance, so it’s not clear what form the second law should take, and therefore the new theorems won’t hold.

If there’s one thing playing in the New York market teaches you, it’s to expect the worst — especially when expectations are sky high. Just ask Joey Gallo, whose brief, forgettable tenure in ...

His walk rate is up. So is his hard contact. The overall metrics are not terribly concerning — at least not relative to his basic stats — but it's hard to ignore how poor the results have been.