I just watched this movie a couple nights ago and that scene is pretty cringe. Who TF stands around like an idiot, dancing with themselves, not engaged at all with the people 2 feet away? It's a very unnatural scene and behavior.
Given the chance, Oscar Gamble might have slugged his way to a 40HR season here and there, even in a pitcher-dominated era of baseball. If it wasn't for that magic word: platooning.