One of the points that makes this show stand a little apart from the rest of its comedy "slice of life" (note te quotes) comrades is that the show is historically placed, as sold, in the Taishou era. In a pre world war 2 Japan. While this does not mean that they escape all of the trappings of this particular genre. it does give it a refreshing POV that makes the theme feel original.
While the overall plot theme of the series may seem quite silly to you (a bunch of girls learning baseball and challenging the guys at it) the strength of the show comes, rather unsurprisingly from the character interactions in the series. The characters themselves are quite likeble, so it's not difficult to empathize with them, and overall you end up liking the overall day to day depiction of the struggle of this team and their voyage towards learning baseball.
That and this is the first series ever where I see serenade_beta actually liking something and not being generally disgusted at life and the particular series he is making a post of. That ought to count.
