Brandon Webb hopes to be back on the mound for the Diamondbacks in late August. He hopes to make 6 to 8 starts for Arizona this season. "Its been fun to come and throw and be almost a normal player," Webb said. He admitted that he had been so frustrated with his lack of progress following shoulder surgery that he nearly shut it down for the season. Recently, though, things started to click. "I was a half-second from saying, 'Yeah, let's just shut it down,' " Webb said, "but I think, 'Yeah, let's throw a little bit more.' That was it."