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  1. DangerMark
    May I propose an amendment to your suggestion? Those five strike-outs all need to come from the same pitcher, so that there's no incentive to waste time messing about changing pitchers every few batters. A lot of these other rules seem like some old men yelling at clouds. Sports evolve as tactical thinking changes, as technology changes. It's the nature of the beast. However, I do say this as someone who is totally in favour of making pitchers bat, so take whatever I say with a pinch of salt. EDIT: I think part of it is that I don't think sports should ban tactics that "ruin" the game, as much as reward tactics that "make it better." I've put those in quotation marks because a lot of them are subjective. In the jokey example I've put up with the help of my esteemed colleague Piranesi, keeping pitchers in the game is rewarded by potentially zapping the other team's balls.
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    I meant the freeware wrestling booking game but sure, I'll pretend I was making a super cryptic DEAN reference.
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    The combination of EWR and DEAN's bombastic and eccentrically capitalised review style is what got me into The Professional Wrestling for good after a brief flirtation in my early teens. Good luck and Get Better, sir.
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    If Mitakeumi's knee is still bothering him, then he's a bloody idiot if he wants to compete.
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    No worries. I just had a quick look at his records, because the top handful of Juryo wrestlers do tend to get a few bouts against the bottom handful of Maegashira wrestlers. Confusingly, Sanyaku means "top three ranks," with Yokozuna tacked on as an extra Rank Zero above Ozeki. I take it you mean the four lower Sanyaku? I really worry about Mitakeumi's knee. He came back for his Kachi Koshi last time out, but at what cost?
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    Daishoho has had three Makuuchi opponents in the last two tournaments and has won two of them. The big news - although we already knew this - is that Takakeisho was gypped out of an Ozeki promotion. Ten wins should see him go up this time, it'll be interesting to see what happens if he gets 9. Tochinoshin is Kadoban: if he doesn't get his Kachikoshi, he's going down. Goeido is not Kadoban, after getting day 14 off last time out (a fusensho win over Hakuho,) before going in fresh to beat Takakeisho. Full disclosure, Goeido is my second least favourite wrestler, ahead of only Ichinojo. I'll keep an eye out for Terutsuyoshi, I do like the tiny guys. I'm still hoping for Abi to add a little depth to his game, so he's not so screwed if the pushing attacks fail.
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    LET ME DRINK YOUR SAESNEG TEARS~! I mean, good game, Wales. Still worried that Ireland have to come to town, but the Big One is won.
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    She's solid, she's definitely over and I don't dislike her but there's definitely a bunch of women who I'd like to see steal her lunch money. Part of it for me is a style thing, but part of it that I'm not always convinced by some of the faces she pulls.
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    Was at the second night of tapings from Coventry tonight. Do I need to spoiler tag stuff? In a question that I don't need to tag: what am I missing with Toni Storm? I just don't get why she's pushed so strongly.
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    I think you're talking about the wrong sort of "fuck you" season.
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    It could just be that he's about die for our sins at the hands of WALTER.
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    It was Ireland they beat so confidently, on their own patch. Far worse a sign than if they beat Scotland in such a fashion. It's looking like the only thing standing between the forces of darkness and a grand slam are Wales in Cardiff. Now, if there's one game that Wales will be up for, it's England in Cardiff but their performances so far have been nothing inspiring.
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    I was wondering if it might be something related to the Pats having more confidence in their back-ups than Indy and Denver, and not having to feel like they've got to rush their #1 guy if he's not 100%; but I had a look at some numbers, see if I could support that. Manning's back-ups actually threw more passes in games that he started than Brady's back-ups threw in games that he started; although year on year, Manning had more years where he threw all of his teams passes than Brady; although some of those have to do with trick plays. In short, it's a feeling I've got, but not one I've got any numbers to support apart from the Matt Cassell year.
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    Gutted for Takakeisho. I have a feeling if there were only 2 current Ozeki, they would have given him the spot; which supports my stance that Goeido needs to be launched into the sun. I can't explain it. I find Takayasu's surliness endearing, but Goeido rubs me the wrong way. At any rate, if Takakeisho gets 10 next time up, and they don't give him the nod, I'm probably going to give up on this stupid sport for another five years. Congratulations to Mitakeumi on his Shunkun-sho. Hopefully he hasn't knackered his knee too much to get it. I presume that's to make up for the fact he's not going to be a Sekiwake next time out. Technically, they can promote him and have three Sekiwake, but I doubt they will, if they won't promote Takakeisho to Ozeki despite getting 33 wins over three tournaments. Hokutofuji was the only person Maegashira 1-5 with a Kachikoshi. He surely will go up to Komisubi and join Mitakeumi.
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    Takayasu looked hurt on Day 9. I hope it's nothing serious. Goeido just looks bad, by which I mean he doesn't look obviously hurt; but I could just watch that guy lose forever. Are we going to get three Kadoban Ozeki in March? I kinda hope so because I like chaos, but I also like Takayasu, so I hope he pulls through. At least getting one, and possibly a second with Goeido. I also don't particularly like watching Ichinojo. He's the very model of crushing inevitability when he gets a belt grip, but if he comes up against any kind of pushing or thrusting attack, he just looks so lost. Oh yeah, Hakuho is still pretty good.
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    DangerMark replied to GuerrillaMonsoon's topic in SPORTS

    This the same Serena who beat an 18 year old so badly that she wound up in tears?
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    The Pats have 10, which would be 26 total between those three teams.
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    He has two arms. I think one was just injured for that tournament. Oh, and while I'm here, did Ichinojo ever take Goeido to the deep water today. Figuratively speaking. Goeido was blue in the face by the end of it.
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    Without a camera at Dohyo level, it's impossible to see who was below ground level first; but I thought Hokutofuji was hard done to not to get the rematch at least. When you're the best, you get the calls, I guess. Aoyama did get his fingers in Onosho's hair, but I really don't think he did enough to pull him down.
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    So far this tournament, Hakuho has let someone get behind him *and* underneath him, and he's still unbeaten through three days.
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    As long as they take Kisenosato as their role model and not Kotomitsuki, they should be fine. Have they really decided to run Takakeisho vs. Mitakeumi on Day 4? I'd have thought they'd save that a few more days. It's a shame to see Kisenosato go, but he clearly hasn't been there for a while now. Is Hakuho human, or a sumo wrestling robot? It feels like he could just wrestle in Tokyo and rack up at least two yusho per year for another five years. When he's healthy, he's unstoppable. Still.
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    I don't quite know the origin, but the song is "Shoes off, if you hate Gibson" to tune of Go West.
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    I really enjoyed the show; thought the main event was great (although as my esteemed colleague pointed out, it could have been a little shorter,) loved how everything seemed like a struggle. Zack Gibson is such a knob. Wonderful stuff. Shame I have a deep seated hatred of moustaches, otherwise I'd be quite into Seven and Bate. Is Toni Storm really the best female face in Britain? Jeez, she needs to work on some of her expressions. Speaking of which, Eddie Dennis needs to lay off the gurners, too. Fun garbage match with a MAXIMUM FATNESS finish. The Balor match was what it was. The crowd were hot for it, and that's really all that mattered for the second match on the card.
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    You mean Saxon fans?
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