There have only been three players in MLB history with the first name Aurelio.

All three died as the result of car crashes.

All three died between the ages of 44 and 52

It's almost too crazy to believe, but it's true. Here are their stories: https://readsn.com/33PgS3t 

Aurelio López died 28 years ago today.

Aurelio Rodríguez died 20 years ago tomorrow.

They were teammates on the 1979 Tigers.

“They were both about as friendly as guys as you’d ever want to be around," teammate Lance Parrish told me.

https://readsn.com/33PgS3t 

I asked professors at @MIT to figure out the likelihood of something this happening.

In baseball terms, they said, it would be like Ty Cobb getting 24 hits in a row, or a .250 hitter getting 18 hits in a row.

The MLB record for consecutive hits: 12. https://readsn.com/33PgS3t