The Dodgers are bankrupt, and their situation isn’t getting any better. From a report posted last night on CBS Sports’ Eye on Baseball:

The Los Angeles Dodgers — who recently filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection — issued payroll checks to some “game day staff members” that bounced, according to TMZ.com. The website actually obtained a check for $497.54 that shows it was returned to the employee by the bank and was stamped with “refer to maker,” which means there were insufficient funds in the Dodgers’ account. The check was signed by Dodgers owner Frank McCourt and issued on June 24. TMZ notes the Dodgers said that some checks did bounce but have since been reissued.

In the meantime, Dodgers employees better not spend their money until their paycheck definitely clears.

And that brings us to today’s Dugout, which covers the bouncing checks and finds out exactly what Frank McCourt has been doing with his giant pile of burning money. It follows.

The Dugout

	Online Host Welcome to the Atwater Village Best Buy Chatroom!
	BestBuyCSR: hi that gonna be it
	EthierOr: Yep, that’s everything.
	BestBuyCSR: /picks up box, looks at it "The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, the complete series" … huh, didn’t know this was out
	EthierOr: yeah, I already own all the seasons on DVD but this one has a retrospective and a bonus 149th episode where they just say f**k it and replace Ant Viv with a white lady
	EthierOr: and it comes with a collectible Uncle Phil piggybank
	BestBuyCSR: oh yeah?
	EthierOr: yeah, no matter how much money you put in IT NEVER GETS FULL, ha-HAAAAAA /goes for a high-five
	BestBuyCSR: huh
	BestBuyCSR: Lol hey remember the theme song
	EthierOr: ugh yes
	BestBuyCSR: would you like the two year service plan, it’s only 29.95 and it covers basically everything except you breaking scratching melting spilling something on or losing
	EthierOr: yes, obviously
	BestBuyCSR: k your total comes to 185.73
	EthierOr: /scans debit card
	BestBuyCSR: /stares at screen
	BestBuyCSR: /stareeeeesssss
	EthierOr: /tries not to make eye contact with anybody buying candy out of something that looks like a baby bottle
	BestBuyCSR: hup, sorry, forgot to hit debit, go ahead and scan it again
	EthierOr: /scans it again
	BestBuyCSR: /stares at screen
	EthierOr: /considers buying a 9 dollar Wii game because he’s standing near it
	BestBuyCSR: sorry, it says your card was declined
	EthierOr: What? That’s impossible, I just deposited a check for 6 million dollars!
	BestBuyCSR: sorry, you proly have to talk to your bank, do you want to pay in cash
	EthierOr: no, I don’t have any cash on me, I’m wearing baseball clothes
	BestBuyCSR: /stares
	EthierOr: ah dammit /storms out into parking lot /is mercilessly beaten by FYE fans
	Online Host Meanwhile, in the Dominican Republic Chatroom….
	MannyTheTorpedoes: olah i wan by drugs
	DominicanWoman: me disculpo, esto Best Buy
	MannyTheTorpedoes: sorry say it wrong, olah i wan by NOT drugs
	DominicanWoman: todavía un Best Buy
	MannyTheTorpedoes: apesadumbrado mi cerebro no trabaja desde entonces huyera del país de América debido a las drogas me dejó tiene que el Príncipe Fresco de Bel-Air encajonó fijado
	DominicanWoman: what
	MannyTheTorpedoes: /gestures at pile of dirt
	DominicanWoman: Ésa es la suciedad, no un DVD.
	MannyTheTorpedoes: /hands over handful of crumpled Monopoly money
	DominicanWoman: No le daré mi suciedad para el dinero del Monopolio.
	MannyTheTorpedoes: thas impossibol i jus deposid 8 millon dollarce into bang of america
	DominicanWoman: ninguna venta
	MannyTheTorpedoes: hurmmmmmmmm ¿usted quiere jugar a espías?
	DominicanWoman: kah ¿qué los espías hacen?
	MannyTheTorpedoes: give manny 8 millon dollarce
	DominicanWoman: ¡Salga de mi almacén!
	MannyTheTorpedoes: manny being dominicanny
	Online Host Meanwhile, in the Los Angeles Dodgers Chatroom…
	DeeGordonLiddy: ay anybody else have problems cashin they checks
	PandorasBrox: my check bounced!!!
	YouJuanUribeAuction: oh no without monies how will i buy food for my families??
	PandorasBrox: HOW’M I SPOST TO BUY FOOD FOR MYSELF
	Online Host Meanwhile, in the Los Angeles Area Courtroom Chatroom…
	TakeHamburglarToMcCourt: and where were YOU on the night the bitch ex-wife in question was off motoryachting with the team?
	HamburgerBurglar: rabble rabble rabble, rabble rabble
	HamburgerBurglar: rabble
	TakeHamburglarToMcCourt: OBJECTION YOUR HONOR
	Judge: sustained
	TakeHamburglarToMcCourt: you were THERE with Jamie McCourt on that yacht, and you KNOW HOW MUCH OF MY MONEY SHE WASTED ON THE ARCH DELUXE, DON’T YOU
	HamburgerBurglar: rabble rabble
	TakeHamburglarToMcCourt: No further questions, your honor.
	HamburgerBurglar: /steps down from the stand, shares sad embrace with The Grimace
	TakeHamburglarToMcCourt: I’d like to call my next witness, the green Fry Guy with the glasses

The Dugout: Frankruptcy!

The Dugout

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