If you’re wondering how Bernanke has been spending the part of his time where he isn’t on TV, I was sent this image by Jim Swift - Benny’s got pretty good Nats tickets there:

This reminds me, Benny has been taking a lot of heat from one particular baseball player lately. From iStockAnalyst:

Former major league pitcher, hall of famer, and current US Senator Jim Bunning (KY) threw a high hard one under the chin of Fed chariman Bernanke on Capitol Hill today. I don’t expect the media to cover this verbal brush back pitch, but they should. You know the drill when it comes to the media, they only focus on things they want you to know instead of the things you should know.

Bunning blasted Bernanke’s monetary easing, and blamed him for the decline of the dollar, rising oil prices and rising inflation.

Bunning’s statement today to the Senate Banking Committee re: the FOMC report is a good read. Bunning is not a fan of expanded Fed power.