Former Chicago Cubs farmhand, Chuck Stewart, joins the Newark Bears to take on his first professional baseball managerial role. The Bears’ manager spent four seasons as a catcher in the Cubs’ organization from 1982-85. After being drafted in the 25th round of the 1982 June Amateur Draft, Stewart played in the New York-Penn, Midwest and California Leagues, before finishing his career in the Florida State League. Stewart, 51, has nine years of experience as a high school head coach in Ft. Pierce, FL. The New Jersey native and William Patterson University alumnus currently owns and operates an indoor baseball training facility in Florida, where he lives in Port St. Lucie.