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Treasury Department shows Dodgers stars the money

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With the Dodgers in bankruptcy, the team could use some extra money. And what better place to find it than in Washington, where the government printing presses have been churning out the cash in hopes of stimulating the struggling economy.

Pitchers Ted Lilly and Clayton Kershaw got a first-hand look Wednesday, turning tourists for a day while the team was in town to play the Washington Nationals. The pair visited the Treasury Department’s Bureau of Engraving and Printing, one of two facilities (the other is in Fort Worth, Texas) where the government prints its greenbacks.

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Treasurer Rosie Rios, a former Oakland city official who describers herself as a die-hard A’s fan, touted the visit Thursday on the Treasury Department’s blog. Kershaw and Lilly saw a stack of $10 bills worth $1 million and a room filled with more than $320 million in uncut currency sheets -- ‘enough money to pay Alex Rodriguez’s salary for the next seven years and still pick up a few new free agents,’ she said.

While $320 million is a lot of dough, it’s still not enough to cover the more than $550-million debt carried by the team according to Major League Baseball, which seized control of the Dodgers in April. And unfortunately for Lilly, Kershaw and the thousands of other people who visit one of Washington’s most popular tourist attractions each year, you don’t get to take any cash home as souvenirs.

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-- Jim Puzzanghera

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