Re: [sumo] [spoiler] goodbye Mr. St. Louis

["RJ Friedman" <rjf@indoserv.com>]

On Mon, 24 Nov 2003 21:26:29 +0900, Stephan Dulka wrote:

>> >Sentoryu announced his intai today.  This was his last basho in sumo.
>> >The last American has now left the sumo world.

>> Sad - but probably for the best. I briefly saw him on the tv during
>> last Saturday's matches playing the tsukebito role and it just about
>> made me cry...


>He's been a TSUKEBITO for years, except for those brief times in JURYO and
>his even briefer MAKUNOUCHI days...


That's exactly the point - it's one thing to be a tsukebito when you
are on the way up. OTOH, it's got to be a humiliating experience to
go back to playing that role after you've been in the big time.


RJ

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