Neil deMause (born November 19, 1965 in Manhattan, New York) is a Brooklyn-based freelance journalist who writes for books, magazines, and newspapers on mainly New York City's social policy issues.
He has been a writer for Baseball Prospectus since 2003, contributing occasional articles about stadium building and baseball finance.
He is co-author with Joanna Cagan on the 1999 book Field of Schemes: How the Great Stadium Swindle Turns Public Money into Private Profit.
His book was re-issued in 2008 and was published by University of Nebraska Press/ Bison Books.