As someone who has never watched a pro baseball game in its entirety, I think why the scene works so well is that it transcends baseball. Even if you don't know

As someone who has never watched a pro baseball game in its entirety, I think why the scene works so well is that it transcends baseball. Even if you don't know the conventions, Leslie Nielsen's character is familiar enough to that point in the movie that you know whatever he's doing is him going overboard and being slow on the uptake.