For One Weekend, the World Plays Baseball in Coney Island – Wall Street Journal

Dale Mcilwain sat in a half-empty MCU Park in Brooklyn last Thursday night, rooting for Great Britain’s national team in a qualifying game for the World Baseball Classic. Wearing a navy cap with “GB” on it and a pinstriped jersey with his own surname stitched across the back, he had traveled to the ballpark from his home in the Rockaways, Queens.

Mcilwain, 45, said he became “immersed in British culture” at around age 10—he loved “Monty Python” and avidly watches detective shows like “Luther”—and recently traveled to…