There has been a lot of discussion about which one of these is a worse out for an offensive team to make, a strikeout or a groundout. 99% of the time I think that a groundout is a better out to make here is why. Whenever you put the ball in play there is a chance to beat it out, a chance for an error, or even a chance that an umpire blows a call. When a player strikes out what good comes from that, there is no possible way to reach a base, unless the pitch is not caught, which is not that often. With all of that said, I think that when there is one out with a runner on first and second, with an awful hitter up, Moeller for example, the last thing I want him to do is hit a ground ball, because it kills the inning, and if he whiffs, Clark is up to drive in those runs. But the majority of the time I seem to think that if the ball is put in play, something good can happen, but if the ball is in the catcher's glove while the umpire pumps his arms, nothing good happens. Thoughts?