All the boys are given uniforms BEFORE they try out for the team.
At 24:10, to pull off the effect of the Captain's materialization, everyone leaving the park in the background comes to a sudden stop before continuing.
In Puppy Love, Candice was portrayed as a physically accomplished tomboy (first and only time). If carried through to this episode, SHE should have tried out for the baseball team along with Jonathan.
At first Candice is a voice of total encouragement for Jonathan, but by nightfall, and because of a script demand for a negative retort for comic effect, she suddenly becomes another voice of disparagement.
When Candice shoots down the Captain's encouragement of Jonathan, Jonathan smiles as he turns to his sister (the second of two head turns broken by a close-up shot of Candice).