Cake or Death: Fantasy Baseball weekly recap

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September 18th, 2007

Fed Cuts Benchmark Rate Half Point, Seeking to Forestall Recession in U.S. - "The Federal Reserve lowered its benchmark interest rate by a half point to 4.75 percent, the first cut in four years, to protect the U.S. from sinking into a recession sparked by fallout from the housing-market collapse. 'Today's action is intended to help forestall some of the adverse effects on the broader economy that might otherwise arise from the disruptions in financial markets,' the Federal Open Market Committee said in a statement after meeting today in Washington. The central bank will 'act as needed to foster price stability and sustainable economic growth.' Stocks surged, two-year Treasury notes rose and the dollar fell to a record low against the euro. The larger-than-forecast reduction suggests Chairman Ben S. Bernanke is prepared to leave himself open to criticism that he's rescuing investors from bad decisions for the sake of saving the six-year expansion."
U.S. Producer Prices Drop More Than Forecast; Foreclosures on Homes Double - "The 1.4 percent decrease, the biggest since October, followed a 0.6 percent increase in July, the Labor Department said today in Washington. So-called core prices, which exclude fuel and food costs, rose 0.2 percent after a 0.1 percent gain the month before. Slower inflation gave policy makers room to cut their benchmark rate today in an effort to sustain the expansion in the face of a housing recession. A drop in fuel expenses pushed prices down in August and cooling economic growth will continue to restrain raw-material costs, economists said."

September 14th, 2007

U.S. Retail Sales, Output Rise Less Than Forecast, Adding to Rate-Cut Case - "The 0.3 percent increase in sales during August followed a revised 0.5 percent gain in July, the Commerce Department said today in Washington. Purchases excluding automobiles unexpectedly fell 0.4 percent. Production gained 0.2 percent, with factory output declining for the first time since February. While a report from the University of Michigan and Reuters Group Plc showed consumer confidence increased, their sentiment index remained near the lowest level in a year. Treasury notes rallied after the retail sales and production reports, before losing the gains."

September 13th, 2007

Greenspan Says He Didn't Foresee Credit Rout, Endorses Bernanke, CBS Says - "Current Fed Chairman Ben S. Bernanke 'is doing an excellent job,' Greenspan said in an interview on the 60 Minutes program, according to excerpts e-mailed by CBS today. The show is scheduled to air on Sept. 16, a day before the publication of Greenspan's book, 'The Age of Turbulence.' The remarks come amid criticism among some investors that Bernanke has failed to be as forceful as his predecessor in responding to financial turmoil. Greenspan in 1998 cut interest rates three times after a Russian debt default rippled through global markets. Bernanke's Fed has refrained from lowering its benchmark so far, relying on other tools to provide liquidity."
Commercial-Paper Market Decline in U.S. Slows as Concerns Over Credit Ease - "U.S. stocks rose and Treasuries fell after the Federal Reserve reported short-term debt dropped by $8.2 billion, compared with a decline of $31.3 billion a week earlier. That coincided with Countrywide Financial Corp. obtaining new financing and banks finding buyers for loans to fund Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co.'s buyout of Alliance Boots. Issuers with the biggest chance of default had stopped trying to sell commercial paper, rekindling appetite for short- term debt, said Tony Crescenzi, chief bond market strategist at Miller Tabak & Co. in New York. 'Investors have already pushed out the weakest issuers,' Crescenzi said in an e-mail. 'The commercial paper that remains is a relatively more respected crop.'"

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Tuesday, May 23, 2006

Fantasy Baseball weekly recap

Fmragtops Spews has this week's Hot Wing Conspiracy round up for those who are so inclined.

My Wookies were once again victorious, but they kept me guessing most of the week. FM summed it up this way

A pretty good match up. The Bombers took the Offensive and Pitching K stat, SV, and HLD. The Wookies took the rest. You can’t stop wookies, you can only hope to contain them. C’mon Fmragtops Spews readers, help me put the gris-gris on Pujols so he’ll blow his knee out while getting out of the bathtub or something.

MVP= Who else? Pujols. With 7 R, 3 HR, 6 RBI, and 0 K for the week, Pujols keeps propelling the Wookies to win after win.

Dud= Nobody really played that poorly for the Bombers. Schilling had a 7.94 ERA, but still got a W. I guess that’s the worst performance.

My pitching was pretty poor to start the week. Schilling and Clement each got me wins but with an ERA close to 5.00. My batters weren't doing to hot to begin with either. Chipper Jones finished the week with 10 RBIs but he got all those in the first 3 days of the week, keeping me afloat against the Bombers. I was actually losing going into the weekend, but 2 HRs from Pujols and Delgado apiece and 11 combined innings with a 0.00 ERA and 2 wins Sunday saved my ass.

Pujols was an obvious MVP pick, but I give it to Chipper who had 1 HR, 10 RBIs, 6 runs, and 1 SB all while batting .346 for the week.

This week I'm up against RFTR and though he's got a record below .500, he's got a good lineup and has started the week on fire. Should be another tough battle...

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