Yesterday, I worked at a wrestling tournament, the 2009 ASICS University and FILA Cadet Nationals, in Akron, Ohio. Greco-Roman wrestling -- I got that from one of the referees -- if that's what they are called. I ran the clock. And one official sat next to me. There are two other referees -- if that's what they are called. I know almost something about wrestling. There were no turnbuckles like when Bobo Brazil was around.
I'm minding my own business, that is, running the clock -- I just pushed the button to start it with 30 seconds left (you see, they stop each period after 1 1/2 minutes and one wrestler gets down on all fours and the other gets to fall on top or lift him up or something like that) -- when the referee -- if that's what they are called -- sitting next to me asks me something like this, "He started from the diamond position. Why didn't he try the reverse penholder maneuver? That's why he was in the diamond. Oh, boy, this isn't the time to try the Karelin Discombobulator. What do you think?"
What do I think????
"Egregious tactical error. I don't know what he was thinking," I, of course, replied. "He was out of position for such an attempt," I added.
"For sure. See there, hmmph -- just like that -- that's bad ... two points blue ... another two ... two more," he pointed out.
"That's the match, then," I said. There was something about six points in a period. I had figured that out. And he lost the first period; so, the red guy lost the match.
I still know next-to-nothing about wrestling.
Posted by Bill at April 25, 2009 09:47 AMI know far less than you about wrestling, except this: That while debate has been abandoned in the US Congress, if it's ever replaced with Greco-Roman wrestling, I'm going to perform self-enucleation - bilateral - with a melon baller.
Posted by: Kyle at April 26, 2009 01:05 AM