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Retirement talk and contract chatter can wait for Adam Wainwright

JUPITER, Fla. -- St. Louis Cardinals pitcher Adam Wainwright says he isn't thinking about retirement. He also isn't pondering a contract extension.

Those thoughts, he insists, will come at another time.

A playful Wainwright called the media together outside the team's clubhouse Thursday morning to talk about what he didn't want to talk about: his future after this season and his potential retirement.

"Let me just say this," Wainwright said. "It would be great for me if everyone would -- I don't know if 'respect' is the right word -- if everyone would embrace the idea that I love being a St.