September (Aki) Basho- offical thread (yay..)

[Ichimawashi]

Looks like Hisanotora's triple (2009-01, 2011-05, 2020-09) actually encloses Ikeru's (2011-01, 2011-07, 2013-07).

[robnplunder]

26 minutes ago, Seiyashi said:

Man, Enho really has lousy forward moving sense. He got baited into a bullrush by Meisei, and then - hilarity ensues: he wound up holding Meisei's sagari in front of the masu seats.

And the bout was going so well by his standards up to then too...

It seems to me just about everyone has figured out how to deal with Enho.  Or, Enho has an injury.   This is a third MK in a row.  

[Seiyashi]

God. How many times is Tochinoshin going to get mono-iied with that tawara bale dance?! That's the third time to my count and twice this basho already.

[Eikokurai]

Tochinoshin's heel has been the subject of more mono-ii than any other body part.

[Eikokurai]

Just now, Seiyashi said:

God. How many times is Tochinoshin going to get mono-iied with that tawara bale dance?! That's the third time to my count and twice this basho already.

Snap.

[Seiyashi]

1 minute ago, Eikokurai said:

Tochinoshin's heel has been the subject of more mono-ii than any other body part.

Befitting his status as heel this basho?

By the way, quick question. Konosuke got a gunbai sashichigae as a result of this bout. Are there effectively different grades of gunbai sashichigae - like, if the gyoji couldn't reasonably have been expected to see Tochinoshin's heel on the janome, the sashichigae won't really count against him?

Edited September 25, 2020 by Seiyashi

[Eikokurai]

2 minutes ago, Eikokurai said:

Tochinoshin's heel has been the subject of more mono-ii than any other body part.

And he loses it. Wow.

Ten bouts (well, 9+1 fusen) in and only Meisei has won for the West so far.

Edited September 25, 2020 by Eikokurai

[Seiyashi]

1 minute ago, Eikokurai said:

And he loses it. Wow.

Ten bouts in and only Meisei has won for the West so far.

Takanosho and Takakeisho better not be looking at that scoreboard then.

Mitakeumi, on the other hand - please look more!

[Seiyashi]

Nice back and forth between Tamawashi and Myogiryu. Pity Tamawashi couldn't complete that kime-hold utchari on Myogiryu, but both fought well.

[Seiyashi]

13 minutes ago, Seiyashi said:

Takanosho and Takakeisho better not be looking at that scoreboard then.

Mitakeumi, on the other hand - please look more!

And apparently Takanosho looked.

A round of hat eating may be in order if Takakeisho loses today as well, although he has a chance to put Tobizaru back in his place tomorrow. If Tobizaru ends up flying away with the championship, the sanyaku all have a lot to answer for.

Edited September 25, 2020 by Seiyashi

[Eikokurai]

Toby Zaru marches on.

When did Terunofuji drop out?

Edited September 25, 2020 by Eikokurai

[robnplunder]

Tobi, tobi, tobi!   The little dude is on fire.  

[Kaninoyama]

Announcers just said that Tobizaru thought the tachiai was a matta, but he was able to adjust and go with the flow, evading at the edge to stay in the hunt.

Edited September 25, 2020 by Kaninoyama

[Seiyashi]

2 minutes ago, Eikokurai said:

Toby Zaru marches on.

When did Terunofuji drop out?

Today, with knee problems - Rikishi Status thread is saying it is gonarthritis. 

[robnplunder]

2 minutes ago, Kaninoyama said:

Announcers just said that Tobizaru thought the tachiai was a matta, but he was able to adjust and go with the flow, evading at the edge to stay in the hunt.

That explains Tobi's reaction after the match.  

[Seiyashi]

Pretty dirty play from Daieisho, pretty much hanging off Kiribayama's busted arm. That's one of the more blatant "attack weak spot" plays I've seen in sumo - the only other one in recent memory was Enho with an ashitori (though not the kimarite) against someone with a leg brace.

It's mildly hilarious that, considering there's so many people walking around with a leg brace, that I can't remember who.

[Kaninoyama]

Shodai!

He's clearly gained the strength to withstand Takekeisho's thrusts. 

He's looking more and more like Ozeki material. 

Edited September 25, 2020 by Kaninoyama

[Seiyashi]

18 minutes ago, Seiyashi said:

32 minutes ago, Seiyashi said:

Takanosho and Takakeisho better not be looking at that scoreboard then.

Mitakeumi, on the other hand - please look more!

And apparently Takanosho looked.

A round of hat eating may be in order if Takakeisho loses today as well, although he has a chance to put Tobizaru back in his place tomorrow. If Tobizaru ends up flying away with the championship, the sanyaku all have a lot to answer for.

I regret this statement already.

[Eikokurai]

God damn it! My stream froze right as Takakeisho stretched in the corner for the final time and I couldn’t get it back in time.  It’s 

[robnplunder]

Shodai is smelling that Ozeki promotion.   Right now, the two hottest rikishi are Shodai and Tobizaru (who?).   Both have been pretty consistent.  I am still sticking with Shodai although I very much like to see Tobizaru win it all.

[Kaninoyama]

Asanoyama is looking solid as a rock after those first three loses. If he comes up short, he's going to feel like he let this basho slip away. 

[Seiyashi]

3 minutes ago, Kaninoyama said:

Asanoyama is looking solid as a rock after those first three loses. If he comes up short, he's going to feel like he let this basho slip away. 

On the contrary, if it takes three losses in one basho to light a major fire under him, I'd say those three losses are well invested, and he shouldn't be beating himself up too hard in the long run. He's looking super commanding with that uwatenage right now - he's of course a long way from Hakuho himself, but his demeanour in the aftermath of those two back to back uwatenage wins has elements of a true champion. 

And, there goes Mitakeumi's xth Ozeki run. At this rate he's fighting for kachikoshi, not Ozeki any longer. 11-4, 9-6 still leaves him with an ok chance of getting a strong 13 next round, but lose one more and he's back to square one, I think.

Edited September 25, 2020 by Seiyashi

[Ichimawashi]

The banner carriers before the final two matches were definitely circling the dohyo in Olympic standard times today.  I thought the stream was in fast motion catching up.  They practically ran from one corner to the other to grab the next group of banners to go another lap.  Sponsors must be real happy at this.

[Eikokurai]

The scriptwriters could have done a better job with this one: a Makuuchi debutant, an Ozeki-promotion chaser and not one but two Ozeki all in the hunt going into the final weekend, mostly still to face each other. It’s worked out perfectly. For once the chaos hasn’t eliminated the guys at the top of the banzuke; the top three rankers are all in the race as they should be.

Edited September 25, 2020 by Eikokurai

[Amamaniac]

54 minutes ago, Seiyashi said:

By the way, quick question. Konosuke got a gunbai sashichigae as a result of this bout. Are there effectively different grades of gunbai sashichigae - like, if the gyoji couldn't reasonably have been expected to see Tochinoshin's heel on the janome, the sashichigae won't really count against him?

If there are, I have never heard of them.  The only thing close to that is when a tate-gyoji gets a sashichigae, he does a ceremonial retirement submission.  Konosuke does not have to go through that level of embarrassment.  But I suspect that most observers appreciate the fact that gyoji are not infallible and that certain things are out of their control (not to mention line of sight).