Overview

• John Oliver threw the ceremonial first pitch, served as batboy and led the seventh-inning stretch during the July 19 debut before 7,070 fans at UPMC Park.
• The cap and jersey Oliver wore for the first pitch will be displayed at the National Baseball Hall of Fame.
• Erie sold four years’ worth of merchandise online in just three weeks following the June 29 reveal.
• Four additional Moon Mammoths home games are set for Aug. 19 and Sept. 12–13, and at least four more are planned for next season.
• The identity draws on George Moon’s 1991 mammoth bone discovery and was approved and unveiled in just three months—a process that usually takes over a year.