If you haven’t heard of Bobby Bonilla Day, allow me to tell you a story. The year was 2000 and the Mets were pretty good. Bobby Bonilla was a good player near the end of his career, but he and the New York Mets were not exactly seeing eye-to-eye. Thus came the proposition. The Mets wanted to release Bonilla, but they still owed him about $5.9 million. For some reason, the Mets wanted to defer that payment. Maybe they had something special they wanted to do with the $5.9 million, maybe they were looking to invest in a replacement with it, who knows.
Happy Bobby Bonilla Day! — A Hunt and Peck
