Depending on the design problem they address, design patterns can be classified in different categories, of which the main categories are: 1  Creational Patterns. 2  Structural Patterns. 3  Behavioral Patterns.
In the 35 nine-inning games played through last night, the average length of a MLB game has been 2 hours, 52 minutes , according to Michael Teevan, spokesperson for Major League Baseball.
NEW YORK (AP) Major League Baseball's average game time has slowed during the first week of the season and was back over 3 hours. The average time of a nine-inning game was 3:04 through the first 79 games of this season, according to STATS. That is up 8 minutes from a 2:56 average for the first 79 games last year. MLB introduced new pace-of-game initiatives last season, and the average time dropped from 3:03 during the first full week in 2014.