Pirate Parrot | |
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Team | Pittsburgh Pirates |
Description | Large, green parrot |
First seen | 1979 |
Website | Official website |
The Pirate Parrot is a costumed mascot of the Pittsburgh Pirates of Major League Baseball. He was introduced in 1979 in response to the popularity of the Phillie Phanatic introduced one year earlier, as the Pirates and Philadelphia Phillies had a fierce intrastate rivalry at the time.