MLB's $100,000 Mistake

Athletes in any able action makes money--some added than others--in a array of ways.

They get their bold checks, their signing bonuses, and they even get a block of change from licensing checks. Licensing checks are basically royalties a amateur gets for accepting in the alliance and apery their brand, and a amateur continues to get them even afterwards retirement.

Or they are declared to; if they are beatific to the appropriate person, that is.

23-year-old Arizona Diamondbacks outfielder Adam Eaton--who has never fabricated it aloft Double A as of yet--received an absorbing section of mail this spring. He received--as appear by azcentral.com--an envelope absolute MLB licensing checks account over $120,000. Unfortunately, they were addressed to the amiss Adam Eaton.

“Cody [Ransom] was like, ‘Those aren't yours,'” Eaton recalled. “I'm like, ‘What do you beggarly they aren't mine? They're in my name.' He goes, ‘That's the added Adam Eaton. Do you reside there?' It had the abode on the front. ‘No.' I go, ‘Do I accept to accord them back?' He's like, ‘Yeah. You accept to accord them back.' I anticipation it over and I'm like, ‘Yeah, I've got to accord them back.'”

So, who is the appropriate Adam Eaton?

That would be the pitcher, Adam Eaton, who played 10 seasons with the Padres, Phillies, Rockies, and Orioles. During that span, he went 71-68 with a 4.94 era. He endure pitched aback in 2009 for the Rockies.

As amazing as it is, MLB could accomplish the aberration of sending over $100,000 to the amiss player, aforementioned name aside. The craziest allotment of this adventure has to be that such an boilerplate bullpen is still accepting such ample checks, years afterwards he larboard the game.

These checks, accumulated with the about $25 actor Eaton fabricated during his career, should be abundant to get any kid out of the abode and auctioning baseballs.

If he can accomplish that affectionate of cash, who says you can't also. Just accomplish abiding your checks get beatific to the appropriate address.