The first time that Alex Tainsh-Davidson took the microphone as the on-field host for the Chattanooga Lookouts in 2014, he wore what everybody else on staff wore – khakis and a blue AT&T Field polo.
After the game, owner Rich Mozingo shared with Tainsh-Davidson his only objection.
“Rich said, ‘Nice job. I don’t ever want to see you in a polo again,'” Tainsh-Davidson recounted. “So now I was cut free from the rules of the full-time staff dress requirements for game uniform, which was great.”
Tainsh-Davidson would cycle through wearing jerseys and T-shirts as the emcee for all Lookouts home games. Around 2018, he began experimenting with ties and a vest, but it wasn’t until 2020 that he found on Amazon the outfit he became so closely associated with: a red suit.
“Once I started wearing (the suit), it quickly was like, OK, I can never go back.” Tainsh-Davidson said. “Because people loved it. It adds to the show.”