“Still having a really, really good time pitching” – Adam Wainwright comments on retirement talks
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Veteran St. Louis Cardinals pitcher in the Major League Baseball (MLB) Adam Wainwright is set to enter his 18th season of the tournament. He will also be the heavy favourite to be the Cardinals’ Opening Day starter for the sixth time.
Meanwhile, the Georgia native hinted at retirement on Monday and admitted he’s started to contemplate how his career will someday end. This contemplation took place with the catcher Yadier Molina already in his 19th and final Spring Training and the newly-signed Albert Pujols has cleared that this will be his “last run”.
Wainwright, 40, had earlier stopped short of calling this his last season, but he did reckon that it is a possibility because of the tug to spend more time with his family.
“Haven’t yet said one thing about retirement”
“Everywhere I go, I get retired, and I haven’t said one thing about it. I would be willing to tell you that I think it’s probably my last year, but I’m not going on record to say it is my last year,” Wainwright said during an interaction with MLB.com. “I just don’t want to put [retirement] out there until I know, and I don’t know that. I do know that I want to get our kids a puppy, and I’m ready to be with them a lot more. But I’m still having a really, really good time pitching. I’m still executing, and I feel I can do it at a high level, so I’m not crossing that bridge.”
He added: “He signed a long contract [with the Angels in 2011], and you think that would carry him to the end of [his career]. I remember where I was — I was on the golf course, on hole No. 4 at Frederica Golf Club at home [in Georgia] — when I found out that he had signed with the Angels, and that was a big, life-altering moment. I’m just glad he’s back.”
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