Gents and Ladies, Butterballs and Meat-slabs, welcome to Day 9 of the Osaka tournament. Goldstein here, back again to bring you due coverage like a warm mawashi. Our two Yokozunae lead the pack with Ozeki Kakuryuu and M11 Oosunaarashi one behind the game. Endou is batting .500, and Kotooshuu is all kinds of not-even-trying.
Yeah, I’m slow on the pick-up today. I want to do something in honor of my first coverage of an Osaka tournament, but I’ve yet to visit the place. Or comprehend the dialect. And that’s got me thinking. Whenever a Kansai dialect is dubbed over into English, they turn it into a Brooklyn accent or a Southern accent. I’m not entirely sure why. But as I’m a Texas boy, I think I’ll settle on the latter. Continue reading