Aurelio Lopez/Rodriguez

[Bapopik at AOL.COM]

From: <A HREF="http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&q=author:mpoconnor7%40aol.comnojunk+">Mpoconnor7</A> (<A HREF="mailto:mpoconnor7%40aol.comnojunk">mpoconnor7 at aol.comnojunk</A>)
Subject: Re: Aurelio Rodriguez, 52, former major leaguer
Newsgroups: <A HREF="http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&group=alt.obituaries">alt.obituaries</A>
Date: 2000-09-24 10:08:51 PST

>Damn.  That really stinks.>>Actually, for many years I confused him with
Aurelio Lopez, who also played>for the Tigers; one of my favorite
non-hometown teams (especially that '84>squad).  I guess it was the fact that
both were from Mexico, played their>prime years with Detroit, and shared a
first name.They are the only two major leaguers ever to have all five vowels
(a,e,i,o,u)in their first name.  The only player to have all five vowels in
his last nameis Ed Figureoa.

   The above is from Google Groups.  Actually, the main problem with the
trivia question is that it assumes that the Detroit Tigers play baseball.

Barry Popik
(Just kidding!  Like the New York Yankees have shown me a lot of love??)


Subj:   Fwd: Two English words with all the vowels (and y) in order
Date:   1/19/2003 5:48:54 AM Eastern Standard Time
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Margaret L wins the prize!  I just don't know what the prize is.

Go Tigers!  We're comin' back!

Frank Abate


>         Who is the ONLY major league player EVER to have all 5
> vowels in his first
> name?
>
> You have thirty seconds . . .
>

  That would be Aurelio Rodriguez, former third baseman for the
Detroit Tigers.

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