How long does a baseball game last?
Unlike most sports, baseball has no clock. Most games last nine innings. But in the event of a tie score after nine innings, the teams continue to play until someone wins. In 1984, the White Sox took 25 innings to beat the Brewers.In some circumstances (usually due heavy rain), an official game can be as short as four and a half innings, assuming the home team has the lead at the time the game is declared over.Baseball is famous for keeping amounts of statistics on everything associated with the sport, so we can easily see how many hours and minutes games take to complete.When my dad was a kid (1930s), the average major league game was right around two hours. The average 9-inning games was 2:04 hours in 1937.When I was a kid (1960s), the average game had crept up to about 2 and a half hours. The average 9-inning game was 2:32 hours in 1967.By 1997, an average 9-inning MLB game took 2:52 hours to complete.2017 was the last full season played at the time this answer was written. The average 9-inning game took more than three hours to complete (3:05 hours). MLB games in 2016 averaged exactly three hours, and through May 2018, games are also averaging 3:00 hours.
Is asteroid called 2002 NT7 going to make an impact towards Earth on February 1, 2019? NASA says they ruled out that possibility 4 days later after announcing it. I can't tell which is true or not. If it hits, will it destroy the world?
Asteroid 2002 NT7 is a Near-Earth Object that was discovered in 2002, and is approximately 2km in diameter. It was classified as a hazardous object because its orbit brings it close to the Earth every now and then.Now, this is an older report from back in 2002, and I currently can not find the NASA article that revealed the discovery of 2002 NT7, however Wikipedia should do the job for today.So, first of all, NASA did not claim the asteroid would hit the Earth on February 1 of 2019. They claimed there was a 1 in a million chance of an impact. However, more studies of this asteroid revealed the threat of an impact to be much lower. It originally had a rating of 0.06 on the Palermo scale, and after the further calculations, that dropped to -0.25, meaning it probably won’t be a threat.A few days later an impact was ruled out completely, and was taken off of the list for potentially hazardous objects in space. On the 23rd of January, 2019, the 2002 NT7 will pass by the Earth at a distance of .45 AU from the Earth, or about half the distance the Earth is from the Sun.The only reason why 2002 NT7 is seen as a big threat was media hype-up. Because the media will twist the story of things in order to get views, because a headline like “Asteroid impact imminent — February 1st, 2019” Is more exciting than “Asteroid has a 1 in a million chance to strike Earth in 2019.”So, you don’t need to worry about 2002 NT7. And also avoid the crack pot articles from people who claim to be researchers of this, they are no better than the media, creating hype for something that won’t happen.
Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD): What is it like to have scrupulosity?
It was hell.I was raised in a Christian fundamentalist environment (specifically, a Southern Baptist church), and as a result, I believed in fundamentalist Christianity for a long time. Eventually I had doubts about my salvation that wouldn't go away. I'm supposed to have faith. Why couldn't I have faith? I always felt I asked for my salvation wrong or that I would do it wrong if I tried. I had asked to be saved once and even been baptised. Should I be baptised again?This doubt was the defining feature of my time as a believer. I thought that fundamentalist Christianity was fact, and was rude about it at times. I think my scrupulosity might have been related to my obsession / compulsion to do things the "right" way, because I had a total meltdown when I started attending university. I had to study, walk, do everything the "right" way or restart until it was done the "right" way. Yet the doubt about my own salvation persisted. There was a time I'd actually feel relieved at the end of a church service because I felt not responding to the invitation at the end for people with a desire to be saved somehow bought me another week. By the time I was earning my bachelor degree, that meltdown left me a total wreck. My GPA was bad enough that I couldn't attend the university during the calendar year 1998. That wasn't because of my religious obsessions alone but my OCD in general. That's long enough ago now that, to me, it seems kind of distant and hard to grasp, but at the time it was intense. I still have obsessions about doing things the "right" way, though my scrupulosity died that year. I'm not sure how, exactly. I just couldn't function any more that way, and finally did the research needed to move on. My scrupulosity wore itself out. Things are still rough for me, but I'm glad at least that is over.
What are your thoughts on the Champions League match between Manchester United and Paris Saint Germain on 13/2/19?
Solskjaer outclassed and outthought by Tuchel.First half: An even first half. PSG were happy to see the half through and keep the score 0–0. Utd had the better of the first half with their front players attacking but PSG kept their shape and did not lose their nerve. Buffon and Thiago Silva led from the front to keep the defence in shape. Lingard and Martial were injured at the end of the half.Second half: Utd’s substitutes Mata and Sanchez did not have the same impact like Lingard and Martial had. PSG then went for it. They started to push forward in numbers and began to dominate the ball. PSG got the goal they were looking for. Di Maria delivered a corner which was turned in by Kimpembe. Young then could not handle Di Maria’s pace and Di Maria played in an exquisite ball to Mbappe who just stroked the ball home to make it 2–0. PSG should have sealed the tie at the end when Mbappe missed a chance. They will still be happy with the 2–0 win and the headstart on away goals.PSG played Manchester Utd of the pitch with their domination of the midfield. Marquinhos was immense in midfield and he man marked Pogba out of the game. Verratti was great in midfield and he found the forward passes to his teammates to cause havoc.Pogba’s red card was because of his own stupidity and because of frustrated at chasing shadows.There was a gulf in class between the sides in the second half.Tuchel got his tactics spot on and he successfully set his team up to be dangerous even without Cavani and Neymar. He ensured that his team did not crumble at this stage like they have done in past seasons.PSG will feel that they should have scored the third but they will take the 2–0 scoreline. They are in the driving seat as far as the tie goes.2nd leg prediction:With Cavani set to return and Utd missing Pogba, I feel that the best Utd will muster in Paris is a draw. PSG to go through on aggregate.