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Every July 1 Until 2035, Bobby Bonilla Gets A $1.19 Million Check From The Mets: Here’s Why

FLUSHING, QUEENS, N.Y. (CBSNewYork)- Happy Bobby Bonilla Day!

Today, July 1, as it has been for the last nine years and will be for the next 15, is unofficially Bobby Bonilla Day.

Why, you ask?

Because today is the day that Bobby Bonilla — who hasn’t donned a Mets uniform since 1999 — receives a $1.19 million check from the Mets as a part of the (brilliant) deal that his agent made with the team. The way the deal is structured, Bonilla will continue to be paid $1.19 million until 2035, at which point he will have been paid out the entirety of his multi-million dollar deal.