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RENTON, Wash. Terry Rozier Jersey . -- Two weeks after suffering a fractured tibia, Seattle Seahawks safety Earl Thomas said Tuesday that he is still contemplating retirement.Im kind of enjoying just waking up in the mornings without the pressure, Thomas said on The Rich Eisen Show.Peace is starting to return to me, and I think thats my ultimate goal in life. I just want to have peace. But I can say when I went back to the VMAC [practice facility] the other day, my competitive juices came right back. I dont know, man. Im kind of caught in between right now.After he suffered the injury in a victory over the Carolina Panthers, Thomas tweeted that he was considering retirement. Teammates said afterward that they expected Thomas to return in 2017.Of course emotions were taking over me, Thomas said Tuesday. But I was still thinking clearly, in my eyes. And I still kind of feel the same way. Theres a lot of pressure when youre playing this game, and I play at a high level. My teammates expect me to do what I do. Its all about recommitting myself, and I dont know. Im never going to step on the football field half-heartedly.Everything in my life is really affected by the game, even my time with my daughter, my wife, my mom, everybody. And then when you take it to the football things, the way you eat, the way youve got to take care of your body, the constant training, its hard for you to be well-rounded when youre always thinking about football. And I definitely want to be better as a man, not just as a football player. So I started thinking about things like that, and it just has me thinking.Thomas admitted that when he watched the Seahawks play the Los Angeles Rams on TV on Thursday night, he wished he was on the field with his teammates.As for recovery, Thomas said he has a cast on his on his leg and he just has to let the leg heal.Thomas had played in 118 straight games before suffering a hamstring injury and then the leg injury this season. 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LOUIS -- If the Chicago Cubs bought champagne at any point during this nine-game road trip, its going back to Wrigley Field with them after Wednesdays series finale with the St. Louis Cardinals in Busch Stadium.St. Louis 4-2 victory Tuesday night not only kept it a half-game behind the New York Mets for the National Leagues second wild-card spot, it kept Chicagos magic number for clinching the NL Central at three.That means the Cubs (92-52) cant celebrate a division title on the field of their biggest rivals, although theres no reason to worry about a 16-game lead with 18 games remaining.Its going to happen, center fielder Dexter Fowler said. Its just a matter of when. So we just have to keep winning games.Chicago shoots for its 93rd victory Wednesday behind left-hander Jon Lester, who has been on some roll in the last month. Lester (16-4, 2.51 ERA) fired seven shutout innings Friday night in Houston, posting a 2-0 win.It was the fifth straight game that Lester had allowed one or no runs. Lester, who faced the Cardinals last month at home and was no-decisioned after allowing two runs in six innings, is 1/3 with a 2.62 ERA in seven regular season outings against them.St. Louis counters with its top starter this year, right-hander Carlos Martinez (14-7, 3.05). Hes won his last four decisions, including a 4-3 verdict Friday night over Milwaukee in which he didnt have his best stuff, striking out only one in seven innings.Martinez gave up three runs (two earned) and nine hits, inducing two more double play balls too give him an NL-high 32 for the year. Marvin Williams Jersey. Hes faced the Cubs three times this year, going 1-1.With every game meaning so much, Cardinals manager Mike Matheny didnt exactly address the subject of trying to prevent a clinching party by Chicago on Monday or Tuesday night.We havent ever gone there, he said. We just have to go and play the game, not think about anything but what we have to do.While the odds favor New York and San Francisco, both of whom have easier schedules, St. Louis is getting some key reinforcements for the final three weeks. Shortstop Aledmys Diaz returned to the starting lineup Tuesday night and promptly belted a two-run homer in his first at-bat, becoming the seventh Cardinal with 15 or more homers.At some point before the week is over, St. Louis is expected to activate right-hander Trevor Rosenthal, right-hander Michael Wacha and left fielder Matt Holliday off the 15-day disabled list. Those moves could beef up its bullpen and add depth to the outfield, depending on Hollidays readiness to play without being able to go on a rehab assignment.The Cardinals also got a breakout game from Brandon Moss, who was 1-for-41 prior to singling and homering Tuesday night. Moss two-run homer in the sixth, his 26th of the year, was the game-winning hit.You could tell he had a good rhythm going tonight with his early at-bats, Matheny said. When he gets hot, hes fun to watch. ' ' '