Every year on 1 July, former Major League Baseball player Bobby Bonilla becomes the internet's most unlikely trending topic.

Bonilla has the most infamous deferred deal in MLB history and still receives checks from the Mets, despite last playing for ...

The first day of July marks Bobby Bonilla Day, an annual celebration of one of the strangest deals in the history of MLB.

For 16 seasons, Bobby Bonilla put up excellent numbers in the majors. The utility man recorded a strong 124 OPS+ over that period, making six All-Star games and finishing in the top three in MVP ...

Riding a recent wave of a return to media prominence for Barry Bonds, his former Pirates teammate Bobby Bonilla took a firm stance this week on future evaluations of the home run king's Hall of ...

He was a career .279/.401/.419 hitter — that on-base percentage courtesy of the minuscule strike zone afforded by his modest 5-10 frame and his crouched batting stance.

Bobby Bonilla, 61, earns $1.19 million from the Mets and $500,000 from the Orioles annually. His deferred contracts are chump change compared to Shohei Ohtani's deal.

Long story short, Bonilla has been collecting a $1.2 million check every July 1 since then, and it will continue until 2035. Bonilla is also cashing in with the Baltimore Orioles.

One of Major League Baseball's biggest errors didn't happen on the diamond, and a former MLB slugger has been laughing all the way to the bank because of it.Monday is Bobby Bonilla Day.Bonilla ...