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Season 15 1926 Number 9 for St. Pete!
St. Petersburg Cashes In 9th Title!
ST PETERSBURG-The series by the bay. The battle of the bay. Whatever you want to call it. The St. Petersburg ballclub faced off against their neighbors across the bay, the Tampa Timberjacks. The Parrots won in 6 games to give the Parrots a 9th championship title. Manager Bill Muzi has been the manager for all 9!!!!!! The Parrots have put together 13 straight winning seasons.
Awards
MVP's: SL Cory Schroeder, (SP): 21-13 for the Parrots, 2.91 ERA
NL Issac Howard, (TAM): 27-7 for Tampa, 2.04 ERA
Both pitchers were POTY Award winners as well.
Update on all time great: Tony "Pumpkin" Gaston. Gaston is 42 and hanging on by a thread. He didn't pitch in the majors this season despite signing a contract with Tallahassee and Oakland Park.
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