1.   Both throw a lot of strikes and both make hitters swing the bat early in the count.

2.   Hitting coach Rudy Jaramillo emphasizes that hitters should swing at nothing but strikes.

3.   His pitches shimmy and shake so much, as does Lima, that nervous hitters were swinging at pitches in the dirt.

4.   I have to throw my fastballs lower to get hitters to swing at my split-finger.

5.   If he gets ahead in the count, he makes hitters swing at his pitch.

6.   Often that delivery alone freezes the hitter, and the angle at which the pitch is coming looks so different the hitter will swing and miss.

7.   Outside hitters swing their arms as hard as baseball pitchers, sometimes requiring rotator cuff surgery.

8.   Sox hitters swung like they also had little to fear.

9.   The answer in Arlington, as well as other locales throughout baseball, is to let the hitter swing the bat.

10.   The best hitters swing and miss at pitches down the middle.