PHOENIX -- Joba Chamberlain faced hitters Wednesday for the first time in a Brewers uniform. After the final pitch of his live batting practice session, one of the hitters, outfield prospect Brett Phillips, approached the veteran reliever.
"You were trying to set us up the whole time, weren't you?" Phillips asked.
Chamberlain's answer: "100 percent."
Rather than work through an ordered progression of fastballs and breaking balls, catcher Rene Garcia called pitches and Chamberlain actually pitched. Fastballs to both sides of the plate, curveballs and two variations of his slider: a short one for strikes and a harder one for an out pitch.