[sumo] Sumo topics

[Barbara]

Jezz wrote:
> The rule of thumb is that a 12-3 should normally go up 9 places, so a
> move to M3 is quite likely, but will be modified due to those around
> him in the banzuke.  But Kyokutenho should expect to be in the joijin.

Ah, that makes sense.  And Goeido will also be at M3 or M4?

> Goiedo got to meet the Yokozuna becuase he was leading the Yusho race
> at the important time - and so was at a risk of winning the Yusho.
> Many, many years ago, in such a circumstance, a low ranked rikishi
> woulod cointinue to meet other low ranked rikishi.  Then one (or more
> times) a low ranked rikishi won the Yusho, without meeting any of the
> top ranked rikishi,.  Therefore the torikumi making trules have been
> changed to match low ranked rikishi who are leading the Yusho against
> the top guys, to ensure that the higher ranked rikishi have the better
> chance of winning the Yusho. 

"Torikumi making rules"?  They actually have rules?  My impression was 
that they have a lot of leeway to make whatever exceptions they feel 
necessary.

I believe I recall an announcer saying that a single gyoji made the 
torikumi.  Is that right?


> Kyokutenho has a poor record against the Yokozuna.  He would have lost
> - we all know that.

I'm not convinced of that.  Kyokutenho is fairly unpredictable.  Maybe 
not as surprising as Ama, but in the past he's pulled off some upsets. 
Everybody has a bad record against Asashoryuu, don't they?  Tochiazuma 
had almost a 500 record against him, but he retired...

> With Goiedo, it was a first time meeting, and 'possibly' a big upset
> could have happened.  It had 'kabuki factor' written all over it.  I
> would suggest that a Goiedo vs Hakuho would have been more interesting
> than Kyokutenho vs Hakuho.

Cinderella stories are always exciting, true.

Barbara Murasakihana
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> Jejima
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> On 28/09/2007, Barbara <barbara at technogirls.org> wrote:
>> My other complaint about this mailing list is how some subscribers
>> freely indulge in PERSONAL attacks instead of continuing a thread.  I
>> won't be baited.
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>> I don't have a problem with the threads about Asashoryuu or Tokitaizan.
>> But a basho just ended, some interesting things happened, and surely
>> there is someone here who finds that kind of "conventional" topic
>> interesting too.
>>
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