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Let's take a look at an MLB pay stub

Earlier in May, the Phillies split a series with the Pirates at Citizens Bank Park. It was the start of a six-game win streak for the Phillies, a spasm of victories that made the crawl to Memorial Day weekend feel a little shorter.

Once the Pirates departed from Philadelphia, they headed to Wrigley Field in Chicago, where someone found outfielder Andrew McCutchen's pay stub on the ground and posted it on reddit.

So just look at that. Look at all those numbers.

But yes, there is the name of our fair city listed in the one column. And there's a reason for that - Philadelphia's little subtraction from McCutchen's pay is due to the "jock tax."

In 1991, the Lakers and Bulls were playing in the NBA Finals when California forced its taxes on visiting Bulls players, including Michael Jordan. Miffed at the idea of their players being targeted as out-of-towners, Illinois enacted its own version of the law, which was nicknamed "Michael Jordan's Revenge" and taxed opposing athletes who came to town - but only those from home cities that had the jock tax as well.

Cliff Lee's contract decision prior to the 2011 season factored into the tax as well, with experts debating over which region's iteration, New York or Texas, would least affect his salary. Of course, we know how that ended up.

In December 2013, the Flyers encountered the jock tax in Nashville, after the city had become a dreaded location among NHL players who didn't want to have to pay the extra fees just for stopping by. It was a state-wide practice in Tennessee at that point, making a trip to Memphis an equal drain on the finances, but has since been repealed.

The practice has spread to multiple regions - Cleveland was just dragged into court over it - including the city of Philadelphia, which we can now see pulled $7,631.69 out of McCutchen's pay check during his four-day visit. Though of course McCutchen, who is in the fourth year of a six-year, $51.5 million deal, is probably not rifling through neighborhood trash cans just yet.