1.   Belichick thought it would be better to throw practice tosses inside the Cleveland locker room.

2.   Eshelman was quite concerned after throwing long toss Saturday.

3.   Injured Astros reliever Doug Brocail threw soft toss Tuesday afternoon for the first time since undergoing Tommy John surgery on his right elbow in April.

4.   Reliever Jeff Russell, on the disabled list with a herniated disk in his lower back, threw long toss in the outfield without pain yesterday.

5.   The only guy who even threw warm-up tosses was closer Rod Beck, whose services were never needed in the ninth.

6.   Wooten had surgery on the knee during the off-season to removed damage cartilage, but re-injured it last weekend while throwing long toss in the outfield.

7.   Mike Thurman threw soft toss for the first time since late May.

8.   Wells, who usually does not throw much during spring training, went through stretching exercises, then threw long toss, played pepper and worked on pickoff drills.

9.   The ceremonial season-opening toss is traditionally thrown by the president.