Happy Bobby Bonilla Day! The Mets are still paying $1.19M each year to a guy who retired decades ago
by Jesse Spector from Deadspin > Sports News Without Fear, Favor or Compromise on (#558R6)
July 1 in baseball is Bobby Bonilla Day, when the Mets pay $1,193,248.20 to their former third baseman, who hasn't set foot on a major league diamond since 2001, as part of a deferred payment plan. It's a check the Mets have been cutting annually since 2011, and they will send a seven-figure sum to Bonilla, every July...