[Pelican]

Another aspect of the H&R and R&H is the hitter aiming to shoot the ball toward the gaping hole created when the 2B (or SS) moves to the bag to receive the throw from the catcher, so that a likely 4-6-3 or 6-4-3 DP becomes first and third. Again, as has been said, requires a high degree of bat control.

But the concern over the batter having to swing at any pitch on a H&R is reduced somewhat - if you play each pitch - by a 1-0 or 2-0 or 2-1 count, where the pitcher is more likely to throw a pitch in the strike zone. (I would not H&R or R&H on a 3-0 count, as the runner is now likely to get to 2B without it.). Conversely, not smart to call H&R on an 0-1 count, or Heaven forbid 0-2, when the hurler has every reason to waste a pitch or throw an offspeed or breaking ball out of the zone, trying to get the poor befuddled batter to chase. In that situation, it will be hard to put the bat on the ball.