What is Bobby Bonilla Day? Why Mets pay $1.19M every July 1
Every July 1, the New York Mets continue a unique financial tradition known as Bobby Bonilla Day.
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The brief
The New York Mets are paying former player Bobby Bonilla $1.19 million today. This annual payment occurs despite Bonilla having retired from Major League Baseball in 2001.
Coverage from ESPN, Yahoo Sports, and WBUR emphasizes the nature of this recurring payment, while Bleacher Report provides a timeline of future contract installments. 9News focuses on when this specific contract agreement will eventually end. Future reporting is expected to track the remaining installments of the contract following this 16th payment.
Synthesized by Newsylist from the headlines below under a strict no-invention contract. ✓ fact-checked: all claims supported by sources Updated 1d ago.
Quick answers
What is Bobby Bonilla Day?
It is the day each year, July 1, when the New York Mets pay former player Bobby Bonilla $1.19 million.
When did Bobby Bonilla retire?
According to WBUR, Bobby Bonilla retired from the MLB in 2001.
How many payments have been made so far?
Bleacher Report identifies the current payment as the 16th installment.
Coverage (8)
- It's Bobby Bonilla Day! Why New York Mets still pay former player $1.19 million every July 1 www.espn.com · 1d ago
- Man paid annual fortune after contract botched news.com.au · 1d ago
- Happy Bobby Bonilla Day! 'It’s bigger than my birthday' former Met says USA Today · 1d ago
- Bobby Bonilla Day: MLB's most misunderstood holiday arrives with another $1.2 million payment from Mets Yahoo Sports · 1d ago
- Bobby Bonilla's Career Earnings, Full Timeline of Future Contract Payments After 16th Installment Bleacher Report · 1d ago
- Bobby Bonilla retired from the MLB in 2001. Why is he still getting more than $1M per year from the Mets? WBUR · 1d ago
- Bobby Bonilla Day: When does the former Mets star's infamous contract end? 9News · 1d ago
- What is Bobby Bonilla Day? Why Mets pay $1.19M every July 1 ESPN · 1d ago broke it first
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