[Sumo] [spoiler - but, hey, it was 3 days ago!] Ama v. Toyonoshima, Day 15

[Harold Friesner]

OK, Hal, you just made me go watch again. Haven't seen
Ama's hand down yet, not even close.  But did enjoy
the questioning looks they gave each other before
getting back on the dohyo.

Yoharry
--- "Harold E. Shaver" <hal6671 at sbcglobal.net> wrote:

> My family initially thought the same but after
> watching
> the replays and even replaying the re-runs it became
> 
> clear that Ama's hand was down JUST before
> Toyonoshima 
> hit the dohyo.
> 
> They say that NFL football is a game of inches but
> I'm
> afraid that ozumo is a game of millimeters. 
> Apparently
> the shinpan on that side considered the gap
> significant.
> 
> Hal "Chisaiyama" Shaver
> ¶Ë¾®»³
> -----Original Message-----
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> Of Charles Finberg
> Sent: Wednesday, May 28, 2008 7:22 AM
> To: sumo at webtrek.com
> Subject: [Sumo] [spoiler - but, hey, it was 3 days
> ago!] Ama v. Toyonoshima,
> Day 15
> 
> I have watched the Ama-Toyonoshima bout repeatedly,
> in extremely slow
> motion.  (Okay, other people prefer to watch
> "Lost.")
> 
> Did anyone else think that Toyonoshima was out
> first?  Not even mentioned on
> the broadcast.  And of course no mono-ii.  It's not
> as though Ama was the
> sole 'dead man.'  They were both on their way out. 
> If not a reversal, I
> would at least have done it over.  Maybe, at that
> late stage of the basho,
> no one cared.  And, it did secure a special prize
> for Toyonoshima.  But, the
> difference between 9 wins and 10 for Ama is
> important if he's going to have
> any hope of ozeki promotion.
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