(1) How often have you seen a batter hit a sizzling grounder to the first baseman who is holding the runner on first?

(2) Does he strike out a lot or hit fly balls or grounders ?

(3) He usually throws it high in the strike zone, which results in more fly balls than grounders .

(4) One problem is his ‘fly ball’ swing; the coaches have been working with him to swing down in an effort to get more line drives and grounders .

(5) His line-drive, fly-ball swing helps cut down on double-play grounders .