In keeping with tradition -- and contractual obligation -- the sports world comes together every July 1 to acknowledge Bobby Bonilla Day, the day the New York Mets pay the now-62-year-old former All-Star outfielder just a shade over $1 million.

The Mets became one of the worst teams in baseball, losing 103 games in 1993. By the summer of 1995, they were done with Bonilla, trading him to Baltimore where he spent the next year and a half. He would sign a big deal with the Marlins,