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Happy Bobby Bonilla Day! Why Mets pay him $1.19M every July 1 - ESPN
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The strangest deferred-money sports contracts
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Bobby Bonilla Day: Why the NY Mets pay out $1.19M on July 1 - ESPN
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Bobby Bonilla: 8 active MLB players who got deferred money in contract
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Happy Bobby Bonilla Day! : r/baseball
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The annual deferred payments to Bobby Bonilla actually worked out quite well for the Mets
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The strangest deferred-money sports contracts
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The Mets aren't the only team that still owes Bobby Bonilla money
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Bobby Bonilla hasn't played in the MLB since 2001, but the New York Mets still pay him $1 million every year
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