Hank Aaron up the nickname 'pork chops' because it "was the only thing I knew to order off the menu." A teammate later said, "the man ate pork chops three meals a day, two for breakfast." The Braves assigned Aaron to the Eau Claire Bears, the Braves' Northern League Class-C farm team. The 1952 season proved to be very beneficial for Aaron. Playing in the infield, Aaron continued to develop as a ballplayer and made the Northern League's All-Star team. He broke his habit of hitting cross-handed and adopted the standard hitting technique. By the end of the season, he had performed
Aaron S. Stern buried in Cincinnati's United Jewish Cemetery, Walnut Hills. Aaron S. Stern Aaron S. Stern (June 1853 Bloomington, IL - April 3, 1920 Cincinnati, Ohio) was the owner of the Cincinnati Red Stockings baseball team through , when he sold it to John T. Brush. The club won the 1882 American Association pennant. Although personally generous, as an owner he was considered a penny-pincher, cutting salaries and costs in order to keep the team afloat. Aaron S. Stern co-owned a large clothing firm in Cincinnati, Stern, Lauer and Shohl. In 1906 he quit the business and moved to New York City,