Your first reaction is going to be "tl;dr", but this is a really well-written article.
http://www.bleachernation.com/2014/03/19/the-chicago-cubs-financial-story-the-payroll-the-debt-and-the-syncing-of-baseball-and-business-plans/
Bought one of those USB external enclosures; opened it up to put the drive in, and this thing was floating around loose inside it. Anyone know what it is?