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Y - Terunofuji O - Takakeisho S - Hoshoryu O - Hoshoryu K/S - Takayasu M - Does Daieisho have one more big show in him?

He'll stick around, but will only be in 3 full basho and a partial. Thus my 6 kinboshi is rather low, but we'll stick it out there (Abi-2, Kotonowaka-2, Tamawashi, Wakamotoharu).

I see another year of him. He'll last through Hatsu 2024 then the significant decline and intai later that year. So, 3KK/3MK with a 10 winner in there in July or September and a big MK after it.

Terunofuji Y Takakeisho O Hoshoryu I'm on the fence for Wakatakakage but thinking he'll fall short. As for Abi, will his new-found attitude propel him higher? Again, he'll find his wall.

Barring injury, he's a perma-zeki. Don't see him ever getting the tsuna. I see him being more consistent this year and will go with 1Y, 3JY. 13-2 in the yusho (prior to return of the Yokozuna) and split 11-4/12-3 in the JY. I see a pair of 9-6 in there to round out the totals.

Am I the only one who would like to see a Yusho playoff at 7-0 between Asanoyama and Asonoyama?

All this would do is create another rikishi who is owed a favor. Where would this madness end?

Thanks for the shout outs! My birthday was a rather regular day but I did win in Bench Sumo. We celebrated yesterday with a dinner out and am heading out for a special round of golf today.

Although I know who you mean with "TKO" much like the various "Taka" and "WTK" that litter the board, is it REALLY that difficult to use people's actual shikona? Clarity is cool....

Meh...he just taped it up a bit tight and the blood flow from the foot back up is constricted enough to cause some discoloration.

If one must google the name, can one even consider the person the GOAT of GOATs? I think not.

I was struck by the obvious grimace of pain when he got into the kneeling position. I'm quite familiar with that pain and it gives me even more appreciation for the strength of the man. To work through that pain - it doesn't really get much better unless you're really warmed up, something I'm thinking sumotori rarely achieve. Mine have the tendency to hurt for a while, go numb until the surrounding muscles get tired, then announce themselves with a hearty "here I am!!!". Without my braces, some of my activities are just not possible - bowling, racquetball, etc. At least I still have golf and darts without the braces.

In MMA and boxing, they remove their gloves and leave them in the middle of the ring. Hopefully we won't be seeing a mawashi left on the dohyo.

I often read the righteous indignation from the SF masses when certain things happen and giggle uncontrollably. I prime the fingers for a snarky retort then remember that it's a forum and opinions are meant to be shared. Aoiyama with a dame-oshi? Would you rather have Aoiyama fully engaged in the basho, trying his hardest, and putting in effort, or would you prefer slow, weak, IDGAF Aoiyama? At least he found his balls and decided to fight. Henka this and henka that? I think the Forum makes much ado about nothing on that topic. It's part of the game. This talk about Hakuho's bout on day 14 and people bemoaning his lack of hinkaku is pretty hilarious. I remember back in the day when Asashoryu was the GOAT and people were literally whining about hinkaku and how Hakuho was SOOO much better than him. It was said it will be nice when Asashoryu is gone so we can have a Yokozuna (Hakuho) who embodies all the good in life. Now, it appears he's the devil incarnate. Was it unconventional? Sure. Were those harite delivered with much gusto? Yes!!! Does "Ozeki" Shodai deserve a wake up call? Hell yes! I can only hope that at least part of the reasoning was just that; to smack some sense into an Ozeki that underperforms with the regularity Old Faithful. All told, thanks for the laughs.

Fair enough. To be more precise, however, I believe it's the YDC that has a problem with it, and they don't really count all that much. I may have missed the rumblings, but I don't recall the actual Kyokai saying much about it. As for me, I kind of like both films. You got Rocky running the stairs in Philly for Terunofuji and an old spaghetti Western - nothing terribly exciting, but familiar and soothing for Hakuho. Sumo is better off with Hakuho on the dohyo as long as he wants to be there.

Yes, but Terunofuji got the benefit of fighting his way back into shape against far inferior competition. Hakuho comes back and faces the best of the rest. Why people continue to complain about the yokozunae taking time off is beyond me. It's a perk that they earned and it's not going to change. You can let it bother you for the rest of your life or accept that you're not in position to change it and learn to deal with it.

This Covid thing has made me make updates to my databases. Somehow I was foolish enough to only allow Hatsu, Haru, Natsu, Nagoya, Aki, Kyushu instead of November, March, and July...

So, looking at the Juryo banzuka at Nakabi, it appears there's going to be some really bad banzuke luck for some Juryo KKs and/or some really bad banzuke luck for Makuuchi MKs. There's literally very few places to maneuver around in there.

I was unaware that the measuring stick on whether or not someone was excited by ozumo was the number of comments they make on Sumo Forum during the bouts. :)

I watched his Day 2 bout over again and noted that his aite seemed to push right a little to deny that left-hand thrust across that often puts people off balance for Takakeisho. Perhaps it was a bit of circumstance, perhaps on purpose. Who knows. Day 3 he had things working pretty well against a game opponent. Just couldn't finish. We'll see him move on and I've got him winning on Day 4.

Ozeki Takakeisho will have won two yusho and two jun-yusho by next January. He may well amass a 12-bout winning streak.

Off the top of my head I can think of Akinoshima. A quick wiki search shows "27 tournaments, 15 at komosubi and 12 at sekiwake"

Accidentally hit the Closed Captioning button while perusing the Kintamayama vid. "What the nuggets slam"!!! I'm dying over here...

Hmm, so your stance is solely on your mistaken belief that the move Terutsuyoshi performed was "cheap". I simply cannot buy into the mindset that someone who is outweighed by such an amount need throw himself into a strength contest against the larger opponent with the alternative being called "cheap". Methinks that's a rather narrow-minded view on what is "acceptable" in a sumo contest.