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Petersburg Generals’ era: 2000 title, 2016 farewell, franchise reborn as Macon Bacon
The Generals burst onto the summer scene in 2000, playing at the Petersburg Sports Complex and striking gold right away with the CPL championship; they added a division crown in 2003. [1]Petersburg’s CPL chapter ran through the 2016 season, after which the franchise was sold and relocated to Macon, where it rebranded as the Macon Bacon. [1]In 2019, league baseball circled back to the Tri‑Cities with a new, privately operated venture based in Colonial Heights and planning to play at Shepherd Stadium—separate from the former Generals organization. [3]