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.

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Ah, the Dominican Republic. Nothing like spending one's winter offseason in the rustic, tropical country. White Sox shortstop Juan Uribe definitely feels that way. Just, um, please step away from his vehicle, or you might get shot: 

Uribe and his brother, Elipidio, thought that the victims walked too close to their jeep, according to a police report.

Well, the two guys that they shot were at least threatening, right? 

Dondolin Alessandro, a captain in the Italian Navy, suffered wounds to his stomach and hands. Antonio Gonzalez Perez, a farmer who tried to intervene, suffered a left-elbow injury but was treated and released.

Oh. 

I've worked with the Italian military before, and believe me, those guys are the least threatening people around. They spend way more time manicuring their facial hair and wearing designer glasses than they do training for war. Although if Uribe was afraid that douchiness was contagious, then I can understand why he opened fire. And let us all learn from the farmer's mistake: NEVER intervene when douchebags are getting shot.