The Detroit Tigers' Double-A Erie Seawolves will be renamed the Erie Moon Mammoths after being picked by John Oliver of HBO’s “Last Week Tonight.” Oliver devoted a May 4 segment to names and promotions of minor league baseball teams,

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

The Erie SeaWolves have a new alternate identity, thanks to the help of HBO’s Last Week Tonight with John Oliver. After extensive research, say hello to the Erie Moon Mammoths — a tribute to a local fossil excavation that occurred in 1991.