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Is there a way to stop your ears from popping while you are on a plane? The reason ears pop is because air cannot get through the eardrum to equalize the pressure. The answer is simple. Make a tiny hole in the eardrum and insert a ventilating tube. Then when you fly, you will always have equal pressure on both sides of the eardrum, thus eliminating popping. This procedure is called a myringotomy and kids have it done all the time. I'm an adult and I had...

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Excluding foul balls, what is the maximum number of pitches a batter can face in one at bat? Actually I should not have said "official at-bat" This term is reserved for calculating statistics such as batting average. I should have said one at bat. MLB baseball official rule # 6.04 states: 6.04 A batter has legally completed his time at bat when he is put out or becomes a runner. Since he was neither put out or became a runner in his first plate appearence, he is...

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Why does a baseball game have 9 innings? Baseball was develpoed from Cricket, an English game. Cricket has 2 innings but the way it is played the 2 innings can take several days (yes, days). It is a slow moving and boring game. The Americans changed many rules and created a new game which is known as baseball today. With all the rules changes the 2 innings went by really fast. After some experimenting the players concluded that...

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Excluding foul balls, what is the maximum number of pitches a batter can face in one at bat? Actually the answer is 11. If the count is 3 and 2 and a runner is caught stealing for the third out, the same batter leads off the next inning. His count starts over again so he can work it to 3 and 2 again. That's 10 pitches. The eleventh pitch the batter hits in fair territory. Wheteher its a hit or not it doesn't matter. There were still eleven pitches and no fouls in one...

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