The Detroit Tigers’ Double-A Erie Seawolves will be renamed the Erie Moon Mammoths after being picked by John Oliver of HBO’s ...

In the summer of 1991, a scuba diver named George Moon was combing the depths of Lake Pleasant in Erie County, Pa. When he ...

The Tigers' Double-A team, the Erie SeaWolves, won John Oliver's competition to rebrand and now have a new alt identity as ...

The Detroit Tigers’ Double-A Erie Seawolves will be renamed the Erie Moon Mammoths after being picked by John Oliver of HBO’s ...

The Detroit Tigers’ Double-A Erie Seawolves will be renamed the Erie Moon Mammoths after being picked by John Oliver of HBO’s ...

The Detroit Tigers’ Double-A Erie Seawolves will be renamed the Erie Moon Mammoths after being picked by John Oliver of HBO’s ...

Meet the Erie Moon Mammoths. Oliver’s team chose the name based off a 2012 news clip from local Susquehanna Valley news station WGAL discussing the Moon Mammoth for National Fossil Day.

Oliver then revealed the team’s new logo, which features an adorable purple mammoth in a space helmet walking on the moon above purple text reading “Moon Mammoths.” The team also got a new mascot with ...

Oliver is expected to attend the July 19 game against Chesapeake, called a “Mammoth Fun” night. The first 1,000 ticketed fans will receive a Moon Mammoths squishy toy and there will be ...