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Wednesday Quiz Answers

Here are the answers to yesterday's quiz:

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1. The Mets selected pitcher Les Rohr with their first-ever draft pick in 1965.

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2. The Yankees chose pitcher Bill Burbach with their first-ever pick.

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3. The Mets took pitcher Paul Wilson the last time they had the first overall pick in the draft, in 1994.

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4. The two players selected first overall in the draft that never played a game in the major leagues were catcher Steve Chilcott (1966 Mets draft pick) and pitcher Brien Taylor (Yankees 1991 draft pick).

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5. The Mets drafted Jon Matlack in 1967, and Thurman Munson was chosen by the Yanks in 1968. Matlack was the NL Rookie of the Year in 1972, and Munson the AL Rookie of the Year in 1970.

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