NEW YORK — The Detroit Tigers‘ Double-A Erie SeaWolves will likely be renamed the Erie Moon Mammoths after being picked by John Oliver of HBO’s “Final Week Tonight.”
Oliver devoted a Could 4 phase to names and promotions of minor league baseball groups, asserting: “We’re prepared to make use of all of our sources and stupidity to offer one Minor League Baseball crew a complete rebrand. We provides you with a brand new crew identify, a brand new mascot. We are going to even throw you a theme night time. It is going to be personalised and will probably be bespoke.”
Two weeks later, Oliver chosen Erie from amongst 47 crew submissions. Oliver mentioned the northwestern Pennsylvania crew had given 11 causes it ought to be picked, together with that the crew had pioneered cotton sweet sizzling canines and “The SeaWolves play baseball nowhere close to the ocean.”
Oliver introduced Sunday that he had chosen to name the crew the Moon Mammoths. Longtime sportscaster Bob Costas narrated a promotional video introducing the moniker.
The identify was impressed by the 1991 discovery of woolly mammoth stays by George Moon, a Summit Township resident who discovered a bone whereas scuba diving in Lake Nice, about eight miles south of Erie. The mammoth stays are housed within the State Museum of Pennsylvania in Harrisburg.
Erie, which has gained the previous two Japanese League championships, will likely be renamed the Moon Mammoths for video games on July 19, Aug. 19, Sept. 12 and Sept. 13.
Main League Baseball said on Monday the crew will put on jerseys with a rising moon, the crew’s identify throughout the chest, a moon on the sleeves and a patch with a woolly mammoth carrying an area helmet.
Oliver is anticipated to attend the July 19 recreation in opposition to the Chesapeake Baysox, themed a “Mammoth Enjoyable” night time. The primary 1,000 ticketed followers will obtain a Moon Mammoths squishy toy and there will likely be postgame fireworks. George Moon was additionally invited to attend.