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New York Center Fielders Quiz

If you're sick and tired of all the snow, sleet, hail, ice, rain, rocks and meteors falling from the sky this winter, let's take a short break from the terms "wintry mix," "blizzard" and "wind-chill factor." Close your eyes, pretend it's 82 degrees and sunny outside and take this baseball quiz about New York center fielders. You'll have to open your eyes to read the questions, though. The answers will be posted tomorrow.

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1. Who was the center fielder on the 1927 New York Yankees?

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2. Who was the opening-day center fielder for the 1962 New York Mets?

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3. In 1974, Yankee manager Bill Virdon (an old center fielder himself, with the Pirates and Cardinals) moved Bobby Murcer to right field. Which player did he make his full-time center fielder?

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4. When the Mets traded Tug McGraw to the Phillies, which three center fielders were involved in the deal?

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5. Which New York center fielders have won Gold Gloves (the award was first given out in 1957)?

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