[sumo] Sumo topics

[Barbara]

Obviously this is NOT the place to be if one wants to talk about sumo. I 
must admit I'm getting a bit frustrated with this mailing list. It seems 
to only cover scandal, ideology, conspiracy theories, and rumor.
Barbara Murasakihana
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Barbara wrote:
> I would like to talk about sumo instead.
> 
> For instance.  Kyokutenhou ended the basho 12-3.  That's amazing!  He 
> was ranked M12W too.  Now, the only rikishi with a higher tally is 
> Hakuhou himself, who won the yuusho.  Am I correct in assuming that 
> Kyokutenhou won the "Junyuushou" or runner up? Despite his low rank? 
> Often the Junyuushou is considered a yuusho-equivalent. Quite a feather 
> in his cap.
> 
> So, he won 9 more than he lost.  My rule of thumb says that such a score 
> moves him up to about M3w or M4e.  Sound about right?
> 
> Now, look at Goeido.  Amazing performance too, but he was ranked lower 
> than Kyokutenhou at M14w.  He scored 11-4.  But he got to meet the 
> yokozuna.  Kyokutenhou did not.  It doesn't seem fair.  One might almost 
> suspect that the matching went the way of the popularity of the meeting. 
> They do have a lot of leeway in making the matchups, but still, wouldn't 
> a meeting between Hakuhou and Kyokutenhou have been much more exciting 
> than one with Goeido?  I feel slightly deprived.
> 
> Barbara Murasakihana
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