With baseball nearing postseason, a look back at Homestead's turn as "The Baseball City" — English Park and the Tomato Growers' 37-3 season in 1921, the St. Louis Cardinals' farm clubs at Harris Field beginning in 1961, and the free-agent camp at the Homestead Sports Complex during the 1995 MLB strike. Drawn from Bob Jensen's 2012 article.
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John Gordon Ellis Jr., born May 9, 1932, passed away on June 8, 2024. He was a cherished husband, father, son, brother, uncle, and friend, lea…
