Is battled several injuries last season Dallas Braden is nearly the entire year with the shoulder injury. Brett Anderson's injury required Tommy John surgery. He missed the hundred in two games also Andrew Bailey has -- -- season. Put an arm injury. Kate longworth has been with the team since the beginning of spring training and has the very latest on another injured athletic. Their largest crowd yet gathered Saturday morning at public -- park to get their first look at Manny Ramirez and the 2012. Athletics. Unfortunately Jay Weiner wasn't without incidents as Scott Sizemore was helped off the field -- drills with the left knee sprain. The team is awaiting his MRI results but I Smart was on crutches. You don't want something that happened on the first day. For me. On top of that. An incredible player for us you know we we hope for the best how does is the fact that who'll be getting that looks that at third base. Well you know so garden him Rosales and will probably look pretty extensively Donaldson. If Donaldson probably does a little more bat than Clemens right now. Yeah I intend all four -- -- options definitely. And Bob Melvin did it -- a's owner Lew Wolff joined 18 Saturday morning addressing the players and letting them know just how much he likes to win. The players told me and means a lot to them to know how invested he has in this team. In Arizona I'm Kate longworth Comcast sports net.