New York Mets owner Steve Cohen has teased that what’s become known as “Bobby Bonilla Day” could soon be celebrated at Citi Field.
“I’m still thinking about ‘Bobby Bonilla Day,'” Cohen admitted during the latest edition of the “Mets’d Up” podcast, as shared by Ryan Gilbert of Audacy. “We’d have to design it but I’m telling you it’d be fun. We’d love to have Bobby do it.”
Dan Mullen wrote for ESPN this past July that Bonilla receives a check for $1,193,248.20 from the Mets every July 1 through 2035 per the terms of a contract buyout that included annual payments and interest which he agreed to in 2000. Cohen, who assumed ownership of the Mets in the fall of 2020, referenced the unofficial club holiday via Twitter last year:
