A look at whats happening all around the majors Tuesday:---HAPP ON TAPJ.A. Happ (17-4, 3.19) tries for his 18th win as the Blue

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A look at whats happening all around the majors Tuesday:---HAPP ON TAPJ.A. Happ (17-4, 3.19) tries for his 18th win as the Blue Jays and Orioles continue a pivotal series in Baltimore. Happ ended an 11-decision winning streak last time out in a 6-3 loss to the Angels -- it was the first time Toronto had lost with Happ pitching since June 6. Ubaldo Jimenez (5-11, 6.62) makes his second start since returning to Baltimores rotation. He pitched six innings of one-run ball last time out.FOLLOW UPNationals right-hander Max Scherzer (14-7, 2.92) pitches against Philadelphia after tossing a gem in his last start. Scherzer pitched eight innings of two-hit ball in a 4-0 win over Baltimore, striking out 10 and throwing just 95 pitches. Jerad Eickhoff (9-12, 3.87) has won three straight decisions for the Phillies.TANAKA ON A ROLLYankees righty Masahiro Tanaka (11-4, 3.11) has thrown 15 2/3 consecutive scoreless innings and looks for more against the Royals. Tanaka has 34 strikeouts and just one walk over 34 innings in August, going 4-1 with a 2.91 ERA.ACES OUT WESTGiants right-hander Johnny Cueto (14-4, 2.86) and Diamondbacks righty Zack Greinke (11-4, 4.29) face off in a battle of NL West aces. Cueto has just one win since the All-Star break, though he also has a 2.29 ERA over his past three starts. After seeming to turn things around with a solid June, Greinke has struggled in August, going 1-1 with a 7.84 ERA in four starts.KERSHAW VS TEBOW?Dodgers ace Clayton Kershaw will face hitters in a simulated game in Los Angeles, and it just happens to coincide with the baseball tryout Tim Tebow is holding in the same city. But no, the 2007 Heisman Trophy winner wont be stepping into the batters box to face Kershaw, whos working his way back from mild disk irritation. Great athlete. I dont know if hes ready for the Clayton Kershaw slider, though, Dodgers manager Dave Roberts joked. Adrian Colbert Super Bowl Jersey . 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In an instant, everything changed for Seattle Seahawks safety Earl Thomas.?Thomas broke his left leg in a collision with 63, 232-pound teammate Kam Chancellor?in the second quarter of Seattles 40-7 drubbing of the Carolina Panthers on Sunday. It was the kind of brutal injury to which fans have become desensitized, but it shook Thomas enough to have him thinking of retirement.?While Thomas was doubting whether hed ever play again, the natural pivot for analysts and fans was to question how the Seahawks might move on without him. Indeed, his absence was felt immediately, as the Panthers targeted Thomass replacement, Steven Terrell, on the next play, a 55-yard Ted Ginn Jr. touchdown thrown right over Terrells head.Watching his team from the sidelines is a foreign experience for the durable Thomas. A hamstring injury kept him out of Seattles Week 12 contest, but that was his first missed game since being drafted in 2010 -- a streak of 118 straight starts. The sudden and jarring reality of a season lost to injury clearly had him thinking about his own fragility and longevity.Whether its age or injury, so few athletes get to choose when theyre done playing; if Thomas is able, he should make that decision with a clear mind and healthy body.ESPNs own Prim Siripipat, my guest on this weeks Thats What She Said podcast, knows all too well how a lack of closure might haunt an athlete later in life. After more than 10 years away from tennis, Siripipat is making a comeback. One of the top-ranked players in the country in high school, she went on to play at Duke. Three surgeries -- on both of her shoulders and her left knee -- plagued her junior year, and she never felt the same upon returning. After years devoting hher life to covering sports, Siripipat realized she wanted to be back in the action.ddddddddddddAbout six months ago I discovered that I was really unhappy with how my career ended, she said on the podcast. Sometimes things take a lot of time to process. First of all, right after I walked away from tennis I was experiencing just, like, a lot of psychological pain ... it was so hard for me. So I didnt watch tennis for four or five years. I didnt pick up a racket for roughly 10 years ... and it was around May of this year that I was like, Wow, Ive been carrying this pain for so long and Im really unhappy with how my tennis career ended.So in addition to her work at ESPN and planning a wedding, Siripipat is back on the court nearly every day, working toward a goal that remains mostly undefined. She does know this time around its less about results -- though of course she always wants to win -- and more about doing things the right way. Eating well, lifting properly, being kind to herself and enjoying the process along the way are key. Shes also working with her fiance to document the journey for ESPN -- a visual look at her rewrite.Its something thats so personal and such a big passion project, Siripipat said. Its been really cool. It hasnt been easy, because a lot of it has required me to go back and literally face the old Prim and the little Prim and having to go back and change all of that.Starting again at 35 is tough in tennis; its pretty much impossible in football. Heres hoping that, at 27, Thomas can decide, with his head and his heart, his best course with no regrets. ' ' '