Re: Rikishi of the Year

["Chuck & Luisa Finberg" <cfinberg@wco.com>]

-From: Charles Beauchamp <beauking1@yahoo.com>
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>"Musashimaru a flop?  Yusho in January wasn't it?  Akebono a flop?  The
>only thing wrong with Akebono is that he isn't Takanohana....  The only
>thing wrong with Takanohana is that he wins so much people take it for
>granted and then overreact when he doesn't.  Barring injury he is
>still the yusho favorite going in every basho."
-- These comments are sound.  But who has been the surprising OVER-achiever
this year?  Okay, okay, I admit it's not Tochiazuma....But Chiyotaikai
deserves a LOT of credit.  When he first came up, I thought he was just a
straight-ahead head-down rikishi.  Now, I think he has the right to be
called Chiyo!


>"As for Takanonami...the greatest beneficiary of the Futagoyama factor "
--  What about Takatoriki, the future Asanowaka.  How will he stack up if
he's ranked so low he loses the Futadvantage?  (Why do we all rag him?)

>...before he hangs up the mawashi.
-- Evokes a locker room image.  Adulation more likely if he gets it
dry-cleaned first.