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
Washington, D.C. Major League Rugby team Washington, D.C. Major League Rugby team The DC MLR team is a professional rugby union team to be based in Washington, D.C. as a part of Major League Rugby (MLR) in 2020. The team is spearheaded by former USA Eagles Paul Sheehy and Chris Dunlavey. The team has not yet announced its head coach nor its home stadium. Major League Rugby announced on May 15, 2018 that they will have an expansion team in Washington, D.C. that would start no later than 2020. MLR then announced in November 2018 that the DC team would begin play in MLR in 2020.