I was just wondering if it might actually be faster to deliberately get singles instead of a home run every hit - that way you still get a run every hit but you do not have to show the entire running animation every time.

It would be interesting to find the fastest way to get runs, even if it is not possible to guarantee that in a run.

Yeah that's what I was thinking too as the 3 singles are much faster than getting 3 home runs. The only problem is that it's hard to consistently hit singles because if you mess up and miss it completely that wastes loads more time.