In numerous interviews with sports bankers and baseball insiders for this article and in preparing FORBES' annual valuation of baseball franchises, worries over the consequences of debt in the league continually cropped up.
During the preparation of those articles, and also in preparing for the excellent presentation Stan delivered to the recent Howard Hughes Medical Institute/Burroughs Wellcome Fund Course in Scientific Management, I've had the privilege of corresponding with and talking to Stan extensively.
The following books and articles were helpful in preparing this survey:"The Future of Ideas: the Fate of the Commons in a Connected World", by Lawrence Lessig.
SMU analysed and interpreted data; participated in preparing the article; and approved the final article.
AS, EB, OL, and MAC participated in the design of the study; collected and interpreted data; participated in preparing the article; and approved the final article.
JPB participated in the design of the study; collected, analysed, and interpreted data; participated in preparing the article; and approved the final article.
AT, ANS, and ABV participated in the design of the study; analysed and interpreted data; participated in preparing the article; and approved the final article.
JMS has guided in preparing this article, validated the content of the article, and formatted the manuscript in accordance to the guidelines for article submission.
A federal judge has ordered five reporters, including two from The New York Times, to disclose the confidential sources they used in preparing articles about Dr. Wen Ho Lee, the former scientist at the nuclear weapons laboratory in Los Alamos, N.M.
Still others may assist authors in preparing articles for publication in scientific journals but be wary of ghostwriting, which is widely regarded as unethical.
