Oliver and his comedy writers went to work, dug deep and found the story of George Moon, who discovered a 12,000-year-old Mammoth fossil in Erie County in the summer of 1991. From there, it wasn't a stretch for them to come up with the new team name.

The Moon Mammoths are here. In a matchup of two of the most widely discussed alternate identities of the year, the Erie Moon Mammoths -- the Minor League team conceived and designed by the late-night

July 19 was a sellout crowd with “Last Week Tonight's” John Oliver in attendance leading the game day comraderies and cheers.