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is being developed by the Ybor City Museum Society and will cover more than 130 years of Tampa's baseball history. It will be a place to celebrate the Tampa Bay area's rich baseball history with memorabilia and exhibits. The museum building was once the childhood home of Al López, Tampa's first Major
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tournaments. Tampa Bay area teams have won the state Little League tournament in 1967, 1969–1975, 1977, 1980–1981, 1988–1991, 1994, 2006, 2008, 2011, and 2012. In addition, local teams have won
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in 1989–1990. The league featured former major league players who were age 35 or older. The Pelicans won the only league championship.
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could oversee both his team and a growing real estate business concurrently. The teams returned to their typical training sites in
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Tampa, St. Petersburg, and other nearby communities also fielded teams in a variety of defunct minor leagues, including the
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League player, manager, and Hall of Fame inductee. The house was moved to its present location across the street from the
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baseball in the area is very competitive, with many players drafted out of high school into the major leagues every year.
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Amateur baseball also has a long tradition in the Tampa Bay area. This tradition began in the ballfields of
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and Steve Garvey (among many others) have gotten their start on local baseball programs around the area.
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baseball programs in the Tampa Bay Area. Players and managers have reached the Major Leagues from the
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Little League Baseball's headquarters for the Southern Region was located in
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national championships: 1992, 1993, 1998, 2006, 2007, 2013, 2015, and 2019.
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soon followed, becoming a spring training host for the first time in
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The University of Tampa Spartans baseball program has won eight
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following the 2021 reorganization of Minor League Baseball: the
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joined the FSL in 1920. After the Smokers folded in 1954, the
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will open once exhibits are completed and installed.
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St. Petersburg
1914
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1914
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1918
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Boston Braves
1922
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Waterfront Park
New York Yankees
1925
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