The controls are actually pretty simple (it's not QWOP-level fighting with controls), the graphics are clean, the performance is good, and the game is actually surprisingly well-made. The sound of the bat hitting the ball, the feel of how much power you get, the way the ball bounces off the fence etc., all work really well.
What's especially funny is that you have that clean polish and Pooh character stuff combined with the simply sadistic pitching styles and timing. Two of my favorites are:
1. Getting to a new character, well how much worse could this one be... ... .......
2. You got in a groove hitting homeruns, but looking at the counter you now realize you cannot get better than 1 homerun short of the goal. The rest of this match is futile, yet you cannot skip it and must still suffer as some evil animal laughs at you.