Switch-hitting is a term used in baseball to describe a batter who can hit from both the left and right sides of the plate. The two crossword solutions, CANED (5 letters) and CANING (6 letters), are related to this term as they refer to the act of striking a ball with a bat. CANED is the past tense of the verb 'to cane, ' meaning to hit with a bat, while CANING is the present participle of the same verb.