The story behind the Diamondbacks mascot is an interesting one, and it certainly helps explain why the team went with the name and the animal to represent it.
Brently Bell, the son of the team's inaugural second baseman, Jay Bell, came up with the idea for the name. D. Baxter is a play on the team's shortened nickname, the D'Backs. The bobcat idea came from the name of the ballpark when it first opened. Now known as Chase Field, it used to be Bank One Ballpark, or BOB as many called it, and thus D. Baxter the Bobcat.
The name is incredibly clever, and there are bobcats throughout the Arizona area. That said, it doesn't take away from the fact that the mascot itself is kinda creepy looking, and would be terrifying to me if I were a little kid.
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