Happy Bobby Bonilla Day Everyone!

[dawgman42]

Celebrate responsibly.

 

[Leeshouldveflanked]

Celebrate responsibly.

He had a heck of an agent

 

[msudawg12]

He had a heck of an agent

They both did well

 

[The Cooterpoot]

Griffey Jr is like one of the three highest paid players for Cinci still I believe.

 

[National Champion Chip]

How many steels did ole BB have in his career greater than this one?

 

[karlchilders.sixpack]

What for 12 more years?
He's happier than a pig in slop.

 

[paindonthurt_]

How many steels did ole BB have in his career greater than this one?

Was Bobby good at steel working or stealing bases?

 

[BonzoGoesToCollege]

There’s only 1 other GM/POBO in MLB idiotic enough to sign a player to such a ludicrous contract and that would be that bow tie wearing douche bag named John Mozeliak. He is a proven, incompetent dumbass. I wish he was my boss. I coulda retired 15 years ago.

 

[karlchilders.sixpack]

There’s only 1 other GM/POBO in MLB idiotic enough to sign a player to such a ludicrous contract and that would be that bow tie wearing douche bag named John Mozeliak. He is a proven, incompetent dumbass. I wish he was my boss. I coulda retired 15 years ago.

Sounds like they bought an annuity, that would cover this, and free up funds to move onto other players. (Way Back then).
So, it is a nonevent to them.

 

[Leeshouldveflanked]

Sounds like they bought an annuity, that would cover this, and free up funds to move onto other players. (Way Back then).
So, it is a nonevent to them.

I think the annuity was with Bernie Madoff tho.

 

[msudawg12]

There’s only 1 other GM/POBO in MLB idiotic enough to sign a player to such a ludicrous contract and that would be that bow tie wearing douche bag named John Mozeliak. He is a proven, incompetent dumbass. I wish he was my boss. I coulda retired 15 years ago.

It was a win-win for the mets.

 

[dawgman42]

It was a win-win for the mets.

I don't know about that. It's been rare for the Mets to get "a" win through the years, much less a win win.

 

[National Champion Chip]

Was Bobby good at steel working or stealing bases?

I deserve that. Lol

 

[HotMop]

I think the annuity was with Bernie Madoff tho.

Correct

How Bernie Madoff's Ponzi Scheme Created Bobby Bonilla's Infamous Contract

In the year 2000, the ownership group of the New York Mets made a decision that haunts the team today: buying-out Bobby Bonilla's contract.

fanbuzz.com

 

[paindonthurt_]

I deserve that. Lol

I 17 up all the time. Have to review before posting or edit all the time.

 

[msudawg12]

I don't know about that. It's been rare for the Mets to get "a" win through the years, much less a win win.

No. It was a win-win cash-wise. What the did with the cash is another thing entirely….

 

[National Champion Chip]

I 17 up all the time. Have to review before posting or edit all the time.

I’m actually pretty neurotic about it myself. Not with others, but in my writing. It’s all good.

 

[Drebin]

There’s only 1 other GM/POBO in MLB idiotic enough to sign a player to such a ludicrous contract and that would be that bow tie wearing douche bag named John Mozeliak. He is a proven, incompetent dumbass. I wish he was my boss. I coulda retired 15 years ago.

Almost every team in baseball has players with similar contract deferments. Some are much worse than Bonilla's. But we talk about his because it was the first one.

 

[Drebin]

No. It was a win-win cash-wise. What the did with the cash is another thing entirely….

Here's what they did with the cash:

- they freed up payroll to trade for Mike Hampton.
- they went to the world series in 2000, with Mike Hampton winning the NLCS MVP.
- when Mike Hampton left for Colorado in free agency, they got a compensatory draft pick.
- with that draft pick, they selected David Wright.

It worked out well for the Mets.

 

[BonzoGoesToCollege]

I’m actually pretty neurotic about it myself. Not with others, but in my writing. It’s all good.

 

[National Champion Chip]

That is a lot of dough.

 

[dorndawg]

I'm not sure how MLB contracts work, but in NFL they have to escrow the entirety of contracts. So like when a QB gets a $200 million contract, it has to be in an escrow account.

Which is why, if he continues on his trajectory, Joe Burrows is almost certainly leaving Cincinnatti - they simply ain't gonna have the scratch to front the entire thing.

 

[dawgstudent]