Re: Hatsu Basho: Day 13

[Yugo Yodogawa <yyy@soda.berkeley.edu>]

|Will Taka make Yokozuna or will he have to wait one more tournament?
|
|Tony

I don't think there is any way Takanohana could make Yokozuna after this
tournament, even if he zen-sho yusho's, because of his make-koshi last
tournament.  I think the only way he could be promoted before the tournament
in May would be if he could zen-sho yusho both this and the next tournament.
When was the last time someone was promoted to Yokozuna with a make-koshi
in one of the preceding three basho's?  The 7-8 record weighs pretty heavily
against a promotion in the near future, and I think he will have to wait
at least a couple of more basho's before he becomes Yokozuna.

-yugo