Re: SUMO: Ouch! or Itai!

[Dale Carlson <drc@oz.net>]

At 07:05 AM 1/25/00 -0800, Masumi Abe wrote:
>Too bad I can't see or judge which is yaocho match and which is not. If
>I have such ability, I can tell when yaocho stops.

Long before I found this ML, I thought many bouts were strangely
suspicious. Actually, the thought of fixed matches didn't enter
my dense and gullible head. I just thought some rikishi didn't
try very hard sometimes. I still see matches like that, coincidentally
in about the same decreased numbers Itai-san (-zeki?) claims. I'm not 
sure I'm quite as dense and gullible now, though.

>Only crazy sumo fans like me who love sumo as a whole could continue to
>be sumo fans, IMO.

I greatly value your opinion. This is food for thought.

Dale
(Behind w/email as usual, sorry)