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

[Rich Shapiro]

Ama's foot broke the plane of the dohyo as he was going out long before Toyo 
stepped out.
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Harold Friesner" <doofus64659 at yahoo.com>
To: "Sumo Mailing List" <sumo at webtrek.com>
Sent: Wednesday, May 28, 2008 11:26 AM
Subject: RE: [Sumo] [spoiler - but, hey, it was 3 days ago!] Ama v. 
Toyonoshima,Day 15


> 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-----
>> From: sumo-bounces at webtrek.com
>> [mailto:sumo-bounces at webtrek.com] On Behalf
>> 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.