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Being a Cleveland sports fan is like that. I'm a Pittsburgh sports fan, but I managed to pick up the Guardians as my main baseball rooting interest because A) I went to university there, and B) my grandfather was the team doctor the last time they won the World Series. In 1948.

Russian forces withdraw from Ukraine after Shishi beats Rōga again.

Being hailed as the "next Ozeki" didn't work out so well for Shodai, though he eventually got there. I wouldn't curse Kotonowaka with the moniker.

We even came with an inch of a Hokutofuji yusho. And a Nishikigi one.

...because they're gold?

And two kadoban for Aki.

Wow, that was some jinx!

That vaguely rings a bell, but the whole pandemic is a blur.

The long pandemic has completely scrambled my brain, and I've forgotten. Remind me what happened?

And if he succeeds, he'll waste no time getting back to Maegashira or lower Sanyaku, so he can get the run after that going, too.

Ms1 to Ms5 is the promotion zone. Ms6 to Ms15 is the extended promotion zone; it normally takes a zensho to be promoted from there, unless there's a big excess of demoteable Juryo rikishi.

I have no interest whatever in GTB, but I watch Ozumo for the soap opera of rikishi getting promoted and demoted more than I watch it for the technical details in the dohyo.

Yay! Oh, wait, it's still December....

Yuk-san wa kibishii desu. Yuk-san wa midori desu!

Is a judo therapist someone who conducts their psychoanalysis sessions on the tatami mat during randori?

There's still the outstanding question of Ichinojo, but that's not likely to be resolved before the banzuke is set.

They broke into Makuuchi at the same basho, and that's what caught my attention for both of them. I had hoped that he would develop enough to be a good rival for Asanoyama, but that didn't happen. Alas.

I didn't. Bad move, Hiro! Don't do it again.

Yet another video: 「True Contenders」 Kyushu Tourney Outlook Hiro has confidence in Mitakeumi to come up with 10+ wins and return to Ozeki. He might be the only one who does.

Seven lower sanyaku!

Sumo can't be on the ropes, because the dohyo isn't surrounded by ropes like a boxing ring. Is sumo on the tawara? Not really.

Another option: give ichidai toshiyori to anyone with sanyo, and have them give up the kabu they're holding, with either a 3-year or 5-year sanyo term. That takes sanyo all the way out of play in the supply and demand for kabu.

Ura was totally going for a tasukizori, wasn't he, but his arm just wouldn't quite reach? The tsutaezori was just as cool, if not quite as rare.

Oh, darn. I looked at the thread title, and thought that some manufacturer had come out with a watch with 12 rare kimarite depicted around the dial. Alas.

And three Ozeki, for symmetry. If we had two more Yokozuna, we'd have four of a kind.