Mets have turned Bobby Bonilla Day into an unofficial holiday: ‘Like my birthday’
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For Mets fans, July 1 wasn’t always a day of celebration.
During the Wilpon days, it served as a reminder of the peculiar state the franchise often operated in under the club’s previous owner, but after Steve Cohen took over in 2020, the day has turned into an unofficial holiday in Queens.
July 1, better known as Bobby Bonilla Day to Mets fans, has become a celebration in its own right every year when the Mets pay the former major leaguer $1,193,248.20 as part of an agreement he made with the ball club when it bought out his contract in 2000.
