"Right-hander Brandon Webb didn't give a ringing endorsement of his first session against hitters, but didn't think it was awful, either.

"It went pretty much as planned," Webb said Wednesday afternoon of the 62-pitch, 14-minute session of live batting practice. "It wasn't the best I've ever thrown. It wasn't the worst."

Webb was unhappiest with his curveball, which he felt he constantly broke off too early and threw in the dirt when he was trying to throw them for strikes. "