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THE 7 WORDS YOU CAN’T SAY( OR DON’T WANT TO SAY) IN FANTASY BASEBALL

By Rhett Oldham, FantasySportsZone

In honor of George Carlin I have made up my own list of the “7 words”.  Unlike George’s list, most owners can say the words on television but the words they say afterwards are a different story

1. Quit, if you join a league then you join the league for the season.  If it is June and you are in last place and I look at your roster and see Gallardo and Liriano in your lineup, I know that I have a problem with my league.
2. Untouchable, nothing frustrates an owner more than to make a sweet offer and find out that he won’t trade Miguel Tejada because the other owner is a huge fan of the Astros and never trades his hometown players.  Make a trade already!
3. Collusion, we all do our homework, prepare for the draft, make our free agent moves, work buy low trades, and we are finally in a position for the Yoo-Hoo Shower and what happens?!?!  The guy you are chasing trades three spare parts to his buddy in last place for Chase Utley and pulls away to win the league!  Nothing makes an owner more frustrated.
4. Fleece, when you make a trade at the beginning of the year everyone is trading on speculation.  If your player ends up being at the wrong end of the speculation nothing gets your goat more than to hear the rival owner brag about how he “fleeced” you.  Even if he did, he just lost a trading partner for now and ever more!
5. Veto, I did my research, found out my opponents weaknesses, and targeted the player I want to trade for and we made the deal happen.  It is time for the Championship with this last deal to put me over the top and the other owners veto my deal because they also see that it will ensure my championship
6. Injury, before the season I drafted, Peavy, Bedard, Kazmir, Snell, Soriano, and Chad Cordero plus traded for Carlos Zambrano.  My draft strategy of having an awesome pitching staff has ended up giving me 5 points in ERA and WHIP combined!  Injuries are part of the game, the part of the game I hate!
7. Commish, more specifically a bad one.  If the guy takes the job then do it.  If the commish just sits there and plays and doesn’t do anything it promote the league, keep up interest, step in on disputes, or make it more fun then don’t take it on.  It’s not like you are going to put it on your resume so do something, anything, to make us feel like you want the league to be successful!