Editing Pensacola Pelicans

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| color1        = white
| color2        = teal
| logo          = PensacolaPelicans.png
| pixels        = 150px
| founded       = 2001
| league        = Southeastern League ([[2001]]-[[2004]])<br/>Central Baseball League ([[2004]]-[[2005]])<br/>American Association ([[2006]]-present)
| history       = Pensacola Pelicans<br>[[2006]]-present
| ballpark      = [[Jim Spooner Field at Pelican Park]]
| city          = Pensacola, FL
| colors        = teal, navy blue
| owner         = [[Quint Studer|Quint]] and [[Rishy Studer]]
| manager       = Talmadge Nunnari
| championships = 1 ([[2002]])
| titles        =
| cheerleaders  =
| dancers       =
| mascot        = Scoop
}}
The '''Pensacola Pelicans''' are a local minor league baseball team playing in the [[Wikipedia:American Association of Independent Professional Baseball|American Association]].  The team plays its home games at [[Jim Spooner Field at Pelican Park]].  The Pelicans are scheduled to move to [[Community Maritime Park]] in 2009, but the lack of construction shows that the only change in stadiums Pensacola will receive is the name change from Pelican Park to Jim Spooner Field at Pelican Park.

The Pensacola Pelicans were incorporated in [[2001]], when the Southeastern League decided to place a team in the Pensacola area.  Area businessmen [[Quint Studer|Quint]] and [[Rishy Studer]] bought the team from the league midway through the [[2002]] season.  The 2002 season was very successful for the Pelicans; they finished with the best record in the league and won the championship in an extra-innings victory against the Montgomery Wings.  The 2003 season was also successful, with the Pelicans once again claiming the league's best record, but losing to the Baton Rouge Riverbats in the championship series.

Before the [[2004]] season, the Orlando Rays of the Southern League moved to Montgomery, Alabama, the location of a key Southeastern League franchise.  Unable to compete with an affiliated baseball club in one of its key cities, the Southeastern League folded, and the Pelicans were left without a league in which to play.

In order to join the Central Baseball League for the 2004 season, Pelicans owner Quint Studer purchased the rights to the Springfield Ozark Mountain Ducks franchise, and the Pelicans took that team's spot in the league.

The Pelicans joined the American Association after the 2005 season.

Pelican Park was renamed Jim Spooner Field at Pelican Park on the final day of the season, between doubleheaders.

==Schedules and scores==
*[[Pensacola Pelicans in 2007]]

==Current roster==

==External links==
*[http://www.pensacolapelicans.com/ Pensacola Pelicans official site]
* [http://www.aabfan.com/pensacola/ aabfan.com Pensacola Pelicans Guide]

==References==
* [http://www.aabfan.com/league/ aabfan.com] - yearly league standings & awards

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