The South Bend Cubs, the Class-A affiliate of the Chicago Cubs, won the 42nd annual John H. Johnson President’s Award. The award has been given out each year since 1974 to “honor the complete baseball franchise.”
“This is an award we have to share with every fan in every city, town and village from a hundred miles around. Without them, we wouldn’t be receiving it,” said Andrew T. Berlin, owner of the South Bend Cubs, in a statement. “This is the greatest baseball region in the world. It is an honor to accept this distinction on behalf of the executives at Four Winds Field who make it a place to call home for nearly 350,000 men, women and children all summer long.