 At the blast of a bugle, the scoreboard would light up and the audience would yell, “Charge!” The first Chester Charge was played by Steve Ross who was then an 18-year-old Senior High School student.Following a visit to then the AAA-Astros affiliate, the Tucson Toros in 1989, former team marketing Vice President Ted Haracz sought to bring the Toros' mascot, "Tuffy" to Houston to serve as the team's mascot.Although "Tuffy" was not promoted from Tucson, Hal Katzman, who performed as "Tuffy" was invited by the team to serve as Orbit for the 1990 season.