There are bats and then there are bats

Samantha writes:
the Bats one is especially humorous... it might take you a second, but think about the problem from inside the head of a 6 year old English Language Learner...

Thanks Samantha, it did take me a second, but only because my head works like a 6 year old. I thought, why are there bats in the bucket with a baseball, and why don't they just fly away?