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{{Baseball_team
| color1 = white
| pixels = 150px
| founded = 2001
| league = Southeastern League<br>([[2001]]-[[2004]] )<br/> Central Baseball League<br>([[2004]]-[[2005]] )<br/>American Association<br>([[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 = [[Mac Seibert]]Talmadge Nunnari
| championships = 1 ([[2002]])
| titles =1 ([[2009]])
| 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 team is 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. Midway through the [[2002]] season, Area businessmen [[Quint Studer|Quint]] and [[Rishy Studer]] bought the team from the leaguemidway through the [[2002]] season. The 2002 season was a very successful one for the Pelicans; they had finished with the league's 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.
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 2008 season, between doubleheaders.
The 2009 season saw the Pelicans capture the Southern Division title, only to fall to the Lincoln Saltdogs in the final game of the championship series. The team set a league high record for stolen bases with 161 on the season, and finished with an overall record of 53-43.
==Schedules and scores==
*[[Pensacola Pelicans in 2007|2007]] ==Current roster==
==External links==
* [http://www.aabfan.com/league/ aabfan.com] - yearly league standings & awards
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