D. Baxter the Bobcat is the furry but fiery Arizona Diamondbacks' mascot that fans rooting for the team’s National League Championship Series pursuit are sure to have seen around Chase Field.

Brantley Bell told his dad the mascot should be a bobcat in honor of the team's stadium, Bank One Ballpark, or "BOB" for short. Brantley’s father happened to be Jay Bell, a second baseman on the ...

By the early 2000s, the Bobcat mascot’s appearance had grown dated. In 2006, Ohio University announced a new mascot called “Rufus,” which was chosen through a campus-wide contest.

That's why in 2000, at the age of 5, he asked his dad why BOB didn't have a Bobcat as its mascot. The idea was taken up the ladder all the way to the team's president, Rich Dozier.

D. Baxter the Bobcat is the furry but fiery Arizona Diamondback’s mascot that fans rooting for the team’s National League Championship pursuit are sure to have seen around Chase Field.

Saddleback College officials announced the new school mascot will be the bobcats. A design for the mascot is the next thing to be voted on. (Screengrab of Saddleback College YouTube announcement) ...

And then, a wrestling match. For The Athletic's Mascot Week, this is the story of the Rufus-Brutus brouhaha. This is the story of the Ohio University mascot who wasn't even an Ohio University student.

So, uh, why is their mascot D. Baxter the Bobcat? First, I'll start with a theory from my colleague Andrew Joseph: A snake mascot with no arms would be kind of tough to pull off.

MLB mascots have a tendency to be a bit all over the place. Some of them make plenty of sense — the Orioles and Cardinals have birds, the Mariners and Giants chose animals that can be found ...