LONDON — On a northern corner of Finsbury Park opposite the Underground stop I opted to take, there are two baseball diamonds carved into the fields near a cricket pavilion, built in the 1880s so it predates the Cardinals joining the National League.
Invited to see practice for two Single-A clubs in the London Mets amateur baseball organization, I arrived to be greeted by third baseman/pitcher Russell Eassom but not before a fellow pitcher strides over with his phone. He points to the screen and says England needs two more wickets, but Australia is only four runs down.