New Orleans Baseball Pelicans

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From 1877 the New Orleans Pelicans were a local sports team that joined the Southern Association in 1901. Pelican Stadium was located at Tulane and Carrollton Avenue's intersection by Mid City Lanes. The team disbanded at the end of the 1959 when I was 11 years old. My Uncle Joe would take me to games there.

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The New Orleans Pelicans baseball team was founded in 1887, with some famous baseball names.The Pelicans won the Southern Association in 1910 behind "Shoeless" Joe Jackson. In 1926, the great Satchel Paige finished his season pitching for the "Negro" team. Pelicans were coached by future Pittsburg Pirates manager Danny Murtaugh. Other notable Pelicans players included Hall-of-Famers Dazzy Vance, Joe Sewell, Bob Lemon, and Earl Weaver.