Here it is in black and white … The Los Angeles Dodgers are bouncing payroll checks.

TMZ has obtained a check … signed by beleaguered Dodger title-holder Frank McCourt.  We’ve been questioned to black out the name of the Dodger employee, but she works at Dodger Stadium.  The check was written on June 24 in the amount of 7.54.

The check was presented but rejected as “Refer to Maker.” 

The L.A. Dodgers now say … checks for some game day staff members did indeed bounce, but checks were reissued Wednesday.

Of course, the Dodgers have filed for Chapter 11 Liquidation protection.

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Soccer stud Cristiano Ronaldo and his smokin’ hot model girlfriend Irina Shayk turned up the heat on the beach in Portugal by wrapping their tone, tan and wet bodies around each other.

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Filed under: Cristiano Ronaldo, Irina Shayk, Paparazzi Photo, Hot Bodies, Beauty, Stars In Heat

Soccer stud Cristiano Ronaldo and his smokin’ hot model girlfriend Irina Shayk turned up the heat on the beach in Portugal by wrapping their tone, tan and wet bodies around each other.

It’s rough being gorgeous.

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