Author: hankkalet

Hank Kalet is a poet and freelance journalist. He is the economic needs reporter for NJ Spotlight, teaches journalism at Rutgers University and writing at Middlesex County College and Brookdale Community College. He writes a semi-monthly column for the Progressive Populist. He is a lifelong fan of the New York Mets and New York Knicks, drinks too much coffee and attends as many Bruce Springsteen concerts as his meager finances will allow. He lives in South Brunswick with his wife Annie.

Watching the game, 5

The scariest moment of the game — Oliver Perez facing Albert Pujols with two on after Perez hits Eckstein with a pitch and strikes out Preston Wilson. Pujols pops to short and the inning is over. Perez continues to pitch on borrowed time, exceeding expectations. But I believe he leads off, so maybe done. We’ll see. Hard to read Willie Randolph.

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Watching the game, 4

Twelve outs from Oliver Perez, so far, only one run. He’s doing what he’s being asked to do — when will the bats awake?

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Watching the game, 3

Impressive inning from young Oliver. A leadoff double by David Eckstein, a strike out, an intentional walk to Albert Pujols and a broken-bat, doubleplay ball. Cards threaten, but get nothing. Still on borrowed time, but Jose Reyes leads off.

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Refilling the tank

I offer this photo as a symbol of where I hope I am in my roadwork, after more than a year of inconsistent running. I put in 16 miles in five runs last week and eight so far this week — I missed Tuesday because I overslept and Wednesday because I had to get some work done early at the office. But I managed a five-mile run today, lengthening out my runs — it’s been a while since I’ve done five.

But I have a goal now — I’m planning to run the Long Beach Island Run next year with a couple of friends and want to create a stable base on which I can begin my training early next year.

Having set this as a goal, I ran into a friend today who has run several marathons. He was telling me he was planning to run a half-marathon in Middletown in February. tempting, but I don’t want to get ahead of myself. I need to set small goals, work incrementally, rebuild my stamina — mostly my muscle stamina — and then begin turning up the pace.

It will take time, but I’m hoping I’m back in the groove.

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Watching the game, 2

David Wright comes through. A good sign, I hope.

The kid’s been struggling through the postseason after a wonderful regular season. He’s loaded with talent and has a perfect attitude. They need him to hit tonight — and for as long as they are still playing.

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