South Bend Cubs Michael Pearson Wins Second Visiting Clubhouse Manager of the Year Award
On Tuesday, Minor League Baseball announced the 2025 Visiting Clubhouse Manager of the Year Awards and for the second time in three seasons, Michael Pearson, the South Bend Cubs Visiting Clubhouse Manager earned the Midwest League honors. Pearson just completed his third season with South Bend after having managed the
On Tuesday, Minor League Baseball announced the 2025 Visiting Clubhouse Manager of the Year Awards and for the second time in three seasons, Michael Pearson, the South Bend Cubs Visiting Clubhouse Manager earned the Midwest League honors.
Pearson just completed his third season with South Bend after having managed the Myrtle Beach Pelicans clubhouse the prior 12 seasons.
“You hear a lot about how great the South Bend Cubs hospitality is when coming to a game at Four Winds Field, but that same Gold Standard of services also applies to the teams that visit South Bend, “said South Bend Cubs Vice President and General Manager Nick Brown. “Michael has embraced that philosophy since day one and is no surprise he’s won this award two of the last three seasons. Whether you're visiting the concession stands or taking the field, everyone who walks through our doors deserves a world class experience and we could not be more proud to see Michael honored with this award.”
The award is voted on by the managers and coaching staffs through surveys conducted at the end of each road trip.
As the Visiting Clubhouse Manager, it is their responsibility to ensure the visiting team has all of their needs met which includes food service, laundry, equipment management, and more.
About the South Bend Cubs
The South Bend Cubs are the High-A affiliate of the Chicago Cubs. Over the past 38 years, the team has won five Midwest League titles, most recently in 2022, and captured nine division titles. In 2023, the organization was selected as the Single-A Bob Freitas Award recipient by Baseball America. Four Winds Field, home of the South Bend Cubs, was voted Best High-A ballpark in the country by Ballpark Digest in 2022 and 2023, having also won the award as a Low-A ballpark in 2017. In 2019, the South Bend Cubs hosted the final Midwest League All-Star Game. In 2015, the team was named Ballpark Digest's Team of the Year and received the John H. Johnson President's Award, the highest award in minor league baseball. The team is owned and operated by Swing-Batter-Swing, LLC whose principal shareholder is Andrew T. Berlin of Chicago, Ill.