In order to obtain a bound for the first right-hand side term we observe that operator is contractive, with contraction constant.
Some are going to expand and some contract, and it will depend how well they can cope with contraction.
Despite the hurdles and the potholes, Commissioner Bud Selig pushes ahead with contraction.
But even after the appellate court's ruling, baseball's decision makers maintained that they intended to forge ahead with contraction.
In fact, some lawyers on management's side are saying privately that it will be impossible to carry through with contraction at all this winter.
Robert DuPuy, baseball's chief legal officer, notified teams Thursday night they could release tentative schedules, but said "Selig will press forward with contraction".
(Government spending was flat in the latest quarter, with contraction in local, state and federal nonmilitary spending made up for by an increase in military spending).
But Ryan said he was most proud of turning down the general manager's job in Toronto in 2001 to stay with the Twins when the franchise was threatened with contraction.
Some executives speculated at the World Series that with contraction looming, second-tier free agents like Tino Martinez and Chan Ho Park may try to move fast to make their best deals, so that their negotiating leverage is not diminished.
More Questions With contraction looming but under some question now because of a Minnesota court ruling Friday, some teams face the predicament of proceeding as usual with off-season plans or holding off pending developments.
Ryan has not made any player moves that will put Minnesota in the World Series; on the contrary, his hands were tied during the off-season because of the Twins' precarious position with contraction.
