Cake or Death: Hot Wing Conspiracy week 10 Fantasy Baseball round up

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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, June 13, 2006

Hot Wing Conspiracy week 10 Fantasy Baseball round up

Here's the weekly results from the wonderful world of fantasy baseball. Public Figures Beware is hosting this week's play by play of the action. Here's how I fared...

webcats: 5
Wookies Will Win: 5
Wookies Will Tie, I suppose. The batting categories were split 3 - 3, but the Wookies hit 14 HR for the week (you would too if you were a Wookie). The picthing categories, therefore, went 2 - 2 - 2.
MVP - Two MVp's this week. Raul Ibanez of the Mariners playing for the webcats. 3 HR, 10 RBI, 5 Runs, 1 stolen base and a .357 BA. Also, Carlos Delgado of the of the Mets, playing for the Wookies. 3 HR, 11 RBI, 6 Runs and a .391 BA. If I had to get techinical, I'd take Delgado as the MVP of the MVPs.
Goat - David Weathers of the Reds, playing for the webcats. A 12.00 ERA. That's it. Well done, Dave. Have fun in the minors, next year.

Yep. Another damn tie. Since Pujols went down, I've got a record of 0-1-2. Not good people, not good. Delgado was definitely the MVP for the week for my team although Bob Wickman gets a game ball. I was losing (yet again) 6 to 5 going into the final day. Wickman's save on Sunday pushed me into a tie in that category, resulting in the tie for the week overall. He saved my ass there...

For Webcats, Ibanez may have put up the big power numbers for the week, but since I won those categories, I'd give his MVP to Joe Mauer who hit a scorching .625 with 2 SB's and only 1K. Webcats ended up winning those three categories keeping the offensive stats in an even tie.

As it happens Joe Mauer's on my team in my family league, so he was a big help for me there. Even though I won that matchup 8-2, it was a lot closer than the score suggests. I only won categories by 2's and 3's here, so his .625 average, 8 runs, and 4 RBI's were critical.

For past recaps...
Week 9 Recap
Week 8 Recap
Week 7 Recap
Week 6 Recap
Week 5 Recap
Week 4 Recap
Week 3 Recap
Week 2 Recap
Week 1 Recap

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