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I do want to let you guys know that there is a hole in my chest where #1947league typically operates ... but by setting aside the time that usually goes to that and putting in enough time to create three viable new minutes of stage time each day, I am writing, I think, the best stuff of my life
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Well into final scene of Act I. Aim = complete the whole thing by Oct 31. On track!
Something else to celebrate -- my beloved A's just logged their 41st win, which means we've achieved Yusuf's goal of leaving the '62 Mets in the rear-view mirror. Sept 3. I'll take it.
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Okay, so, play update: done with first draft of acts I and II, well into Act III(last act).
I will find out if there is an opportunity for you guys to watch the Zoom reading in November.
In the meantime ... #Catwoman gets all Hannibal Lectery with #Batgirl... #batman
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:::Gets popcorn ready. And wonders if Yusuf will pull a “Major League” and write in an A’s World Series victory into the plot::
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Nahh... No Oakland bias in the piece... but '47 Dodgers may just figure into this.... :-)
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Okay so #baseball #pennantrace: In the #NL it's clear who I'm rooting for down the stretch. #Dodgers are embedded in my DNA; A's fans don't root for the #Giants.
In the #AL I'm open to arguments about the respective merits of #Twins, #BlueJays, #Mariners.
Thoughts?
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Officially rooting for LAD and TOR in this #baseball #pennantrace, except in the alternate universe where beloved A's win a pennant.
Sorry, Nolan; the War of 1812 thing put it over the top for me.
We can all root for a 1-3 DP and Houston losing 2 in a row to OAK, yes?
https://youtube.com/clip/Ugkxx8-WbXbxVeSFSdL39mmlmcX5E7BFt2lS?si=hqjv__KDa1Mz0sfS
16 seconds · Clipped by Yusuf Toropov · Original video "A's vs. Astros Game Highlights (9/12/23) | MLB Highlights" by Oakland Athletics
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Hey, Yusuf, welcome aboard, eh!
To make you feel more at home as a Jays fan you will be provided with a guide (in both official languages) on Bullpen Angst and an LOB calculator: simply enter the Jays’ LOB for that game and the calculator displays every possible mathematical function for that number (square root, factorial, etc.)
And, of course, honourary membership in the Alejandro Kirk fan club.
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Jays, Dodgers roll, A's take it on the chin ... TOR half-game out of WC.
#FionaApple's song SO SLEEPY features (for me anyway) a Dodgers reference, figures prominently in act III of the play.
A chat about the meaning of this song: https://chat.openai.com/share/cd24ee9d-5e1c-4114-8d01-5a7576c87e7f
The song:
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Excellent! On track to send it along October 31
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You clearly don’t know me, Yusuf!
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So the final hour and a half of this play has the most actual baseball. 1600+ new words over past two days. Dramaturgy word Greta, Bill and I am riding hard: MAXIMALISM
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So even though I can't post a #1947League #baseball update right now, I *can* point out what #JOMBOY failed to notice in this superb clip: #Caballero channeled his inner #JackieRobinson for #Seattle.
750 words today. About halfway done with first draft of Act 3.
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Nice to see, especially 2nd to 3rd.
How many acts will there be in total?
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Okay.
So the light at the end of the tunnel is NOT another train. : )
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Nope. It's enlightenment of all humanity by means of the theatrical and dramatic exploitation of the pastime of baseball, by means of a copyright I personally control. Not an oncoming train.
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Awesome!
We’re all still comp’ed to the opening, right?
Speaking of which, do you know where it will premiere?
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Not even thinking about that yet, focused on the reading! That's going to be zoom affair. Hoping I can get outsiders to sit in, we'll see. But of course there are comps for everyone on opening night, Godwilling
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We’re back!
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Closing in on act III. By this time next week I will have finished the draft and begun retyping the whole thing from scratch. Stay tuned....
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Main goal of that re-type=jettison 30 minutes.
GO BLUE JAYS! GO DODGERS!
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Current running length of all three acts = 3 hr 30 min. Add in some bathroom breaks and you've got TOO MUCH THEATRE. :-) Time to kill the darlings.
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