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14, 2008--Hisashuburi friends! It's been quite a while. Let's see if the pirated copy of MS Word is still in good working order. Loyal reader, I'm would not lie to you. I mean I would lye to you about your breath, or money or what didn't and didn't transpire between your girlfriend and I, but NOT about sumo. Mike's comments about "better sumo" do not apply to today. May 14th was an ugly train wreck of pathetic tachi-ai, blown advantages and sub-par sumo in general.
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All
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With the 2008 Natsu basho, sumo enters a major tournament for the first time in over a year with no controversy following it. With both Yokozuna having split the first two tournaments of the year, the
pre-basho focus centered on Asashoryu and Hakuho. Asashoryu tied former great Takanohana for fourth place all time in tournament victories at 22 with his win in Osaka in March, but Hakuho proved in January that he is Asashoryu's equal defeating his senpai in an epic bout that lasted 48 seconds. Both Yokozuna are nursing minor injuries coming in with Asashoryu recovering from a muscle pull in his left calf suffered at the end of last
tournament and Hakuho taking care not to incite his chronic back pain, but the two are the clear favorites yet again heading into what's known as the Summer
Tournament. A notch down the ranks, Ozeki Kotooshu is kadoban after withdrawing from the Osaka tournament meaning he must win 8 bouts or lose his rank. He'll face beefed up competition in May, however, as fellow Eastern Europeans Kokkai and Baruto find themselves in the M1 slot. The Natsu basho also boasts three newcomers to the division in Tochinoshin, Kotokasuga, and Hakuba.
The basho runs May 11 - 25.