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Frank McCourt's early Christmas gift to some of his employees. Courtesy of our friends at TMZ.

TMZ has obtained a check ... signed by beleaguered Dodger owner Frank McCourt. We've been asked 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 $497.54. 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.

Refer to the Maker? Not sure if the Big Man's got time for the Dodgers payroll. He's too focused on breaking Michael Bay's pact with the Devil.

And is Gwynn really only making $497.54 a week?