Yeah, I wasn't gonna get the Batman annual since I'm not really interested in the new Azrael, but then I heard about the Li'l Gotham thing and figured I'd check it out. The Oracle story was totally an added bonus (though the first part with all the psych exposition might be trouble to cut, but i think i have, like, three pages per issue?).
And the plot to this story didn't do much for me, but I did enjoy it on the whole for the little moments like that.