I honestly would not take the accounts of journos who have but a short while to come to terms with the controller as gospel. I equally wouldn't take the tech demo Wii sports compilation as a cohesive example of what the controller can do
Remember, it's a game console, not a real baseball, so allowances have to be made for those who don't play the sport (ie, most people outside of the US and Japan
) and it's also part of a greater compilation of stuff that do tend to show a better use of the controller. The tennis game, in particular, looked pretty neat.