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It'sFriday, July 1, and we should be thinking about our Fourth of July weekend plans. But as baseball fans, we can't. Why? Because today is all about Bobby Bonilla. A man who last played 5,381 days ...

The calendar has turned to July 1, and that means one thing: It's time for Mets fans everywhere to wish each other a Happy Bobby Bonilla Day! Why? On Thursday, 58-year-old Bobby Bonilla will collect a ...

Some Major League Baseball teams are willing to go to extraordinary lengths to make problems disappear. A prime example of the phenomenon took place this season in Anaheim, where a public spat between ...

Happy Bobby Bonilla Day, New York Mets fans. The former major league baseball player gets a check for nearly $1.2 million Mets every July 1. Not a bad retirement plan. Under his contract, he gets the ...

Each July 1, the retired baseball player receives a check for $1.2 million. — -- Bobby Bonilla's payday is here again. Each year on July 1, from now until 2035, the former Major League Baseball ...

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Bobby Bonilla Day is an annual opportunity to poke fun at the New York Mets, but the club's infamous deal that pays Bonilla $1.19 million every year until he's 72, is sort of the reason the team ended ...

NEW YORK (KDVR) — Imagine not working your job for 20 years and still getting paid. That’s exactly what Bobby Bonilla has done. Bonilla retired from Major League Baseball in 2001. 20 years later, he’s ...