that's more like the way bob melvin describes his predicament.t would be five very talented placers for only four positions, left, right, center and designated hitter. but as joe fonzi explains, as problems go, it's really not a bad one to have. the outfield here at phoenix municipal stadium is even more vast than the one an at the oakland coliseum -- the one at the oakland coliseum. the fact he's managerring in the leagues gives him one more option but bob melvin has a math problem on his hand. >> i'm not sure how it's gonna play out as far as a recipe yet. that is coco crisp, yoenis cespedes and chris young. >> that's the situation right now. as a player, you don't have really control over those things. >> you have to celebrate a play every day. >> reporter: one way the as figured it out was to move yoenis cespedes to left field. a regular there when healthy, the rookie from cuba batted .292 with 23 home runs. >> you have to continue bat all year. >> reporter: right field will be handled by josh reddick. all he did last year was hit 32 home run

bob melvin has the resume as a former big leaguer and he understands the game fully. it's the psychological aspect regarding his players that differentiates him. >> he has been great for us. very interactive guy. door is always open. i know you hear that a lot but you don't know the truth of it until you see it. >> go have a clubhouse that's loose and we spend 6 plus, 7 plus months together. you want them to be able to be their own people in the clubhouse. >> we have a lot of young guys. you don't want their confidence to shrink because they're not in there and don't know why. >> another thing he does so well is lets everyone's personalities run wild. there's no make everybody shut up at some point. serve loud all day every day. unless we lose. that's obvious. you can be 100% yourself and on the ball field. >> of course it goes without saying, you can have the greatest psychologist or strategist calling all the shots but if you don't have the players, chances are the postseason will not await your team. >> two runs are going to score. >> after the a's long shot succes

that's more like the way bob melvin describes his predicament.hat would be five very talented placers for only four positions, left, right, center and designated hitter. but as joe fonzi explains, as problems go, it's really not a bad one to have. the outfield here at phoenix municipal stadium is even more vast than the one an at the oakland coliseum -- the one at the oakland coliseum. the fact he's managerring in the leagues gives him one more option but bob melvin has a math problem on his hand. >> i'm not sure how it's gonna play out as far as a recipe yet. that is coco crisp, yoenis cespedes and chris young. >> that's the situation right now. as a player, you don't have really control over those things. >> you have to celebrate a play every day. >> reporter: one way the as figured it out was to move yoenis cespedes to left field. a regular there when healthy, the rookie from cuba batted .292 with 23 home runs. >> you have to continue bat all year. >> reporter: right field will be handled by josh reddick. all he did last year was hit 32 home r

last year's manager of the year, bob melvin, has got to get them answered quickly if this team is toce of repeating in the western division again. though mel definitely has his work cut out for him. >> fly ball. center field. coco! ballgame. western division! the oakland as! >> reporter: the art of managing has certainly changed over the years. the as have gone from the volcanic billy martin to the authoritarian dick williams and all points in between, which worked with yesterday's players to varying degrees. this time around is the very now bob melvin who seems to be the perfect fit for players of this era. his relaxed, personal approach most certainly contributed to all of those swirling comebacks last season. >> there's a lot to left. and that baby is gone! >> reporter: creating an atmosphere of less stress during the high tension late innings, his style, certainly works for his boss. >> i still pinch myself to think a by with this kind of qual -- guy with this kind of quality was available to us particularly having success in seattle not only do we have a professional relationshi

it was a rough day for everyone on the a's including manager bob melvin who was kicked out of the gameth inning for arguing with the umpire. tomorrow the a's finish their series with the tigers. madison bumgarner is pitching like an ace to start to the season -- today he only allowed two runs while pitching into the seventh inning. as the giants beat chicago three-to-two. the cubs threatened in the eighth -- but with two on and no outs reliever santiago casilla came in and closed out the game. pitching two innings on his way to his first save of the season. but not without a little help from the panda. tomorrow tim lincecum takes the mound for the series finale against the cubs. since a flurry of mid-season trades the sharks have been playing better of late going eight-two-and-one in their last 11 games. that all changed tonight when they failed to overcome two early goals by the dallas stars -- falling two- to-one. brent burns scored the sharks lone goal. next up the sharks head to phoenix of monday for a game against the coyotes. the lakers are going to be without superstar kobe brya

. >> gary: a's mariners 1 bob melvin introduced 2 josh reddick 3 yoenis cespedes - thought to be theirt player 4 sold out crowd att:36,067 5 brett anderson - pitched well and got some help from his defense - eric sogard with the flip to jed lowrie who throws out runner 6 top 5th, scoreless anderson's only mistake - gives up a 2-run single to center to franklin guiterrez for only runs of game 2-0 sea 7 felix hernandez - facing john jaso - who got a rolex from king felix for catching his perfect game - jason now with the a's and he strikes out to end inning hernandez: 7.2 ip, 3 hits, 0 runs, 8 k's final: 2-0 mariners . matt cain struggled after that he was very strong. and in the eight, magic johnson watched the dodgers 4- nothing victory. ncaa women - cal/ georgia lindsay gottleib and cal trying to reach their 1st final four cal was down by 10 in the 2nd half but cal's talia caldwell follows up the missed free throw. 50-50 tie final seconds of regulation cal up 52-50 georgia's anne armstrong gets the offensive rebound and the putback to tie it 52-52 overtime 61-57 cal layshia carendon.

. >>> what got a's mark bob melvin thrown out of the game? that is coming up in sportswrap.ood evening everyone and thanks for watching our saturday night edition of sportswrap. well, just two years ago the united states golf association created a rule that protects players from being disquaffed from committing an offense that otherwise would call for a dq. after today, the rule 33-7 may become known as "the tiger rule." on the par-5 15, tiger took a penalty stroke for landing in the waul and decided to go back to the original spot of the previous shot except he dropped by two yards back. that is too far from original spot, but no one noticed until he told the media about it after the round. his follow-up shot was excellent and he thought he salvaged the bogey 6, but this morning he was toll upon a viewers phone call they had to assess him a 2-penalty and ended up being a triple bogey. tiger from 211 yards out and takes a 2-put birdie. he shot a 72 under 70 and sits four shots back from the lead. some players wanted tiger to with draw saying he got special treatment. we go t

. >> reporter: and a pretty special moment in the dugout a couple of hours ago bob melvin left batting practice to talk to the media and congratulate mark jackson and wanted to wish the warriors the best of luck on their playoff run. i'm kate longworth, nbc bay area news. >>> thanks very much. second round of the masters. we start with 14-year-old wearnd about slow play. he stays within ten strokes. he is the youngest ever to make the cut at augusta. tiger woods. one of three birdies on the front nine. woods ran into bad luck on 15. we would all love to do that, bounce it off the pin. he bogeyed. jason day playing exceptionally well. gets him to 6 under. >>> warriors on the road tonight get the lakers. warriors at 16 in the western conference playoff chase. that's all coming up at 11:00. >> he was playing too slow. it was unbelievable that they penalize him for it. >> it is. and because there is a lot of slow guys out there who play slower but they are bigger names. this new kid is wowing everyone. he is an international sensation. >> a great story at the masters. >>> for a full half h

it was a rough day for the a's -- manager bob melvin was kicked out of the game in the eighth inning.rett anderson had a tough outing -- giving up all seven runs. tomorrow the a's finish their series with the tigers. madison bumgarner continued his hot start to the season -- only allowing two runs while pitching into the seventh inning. as the giants beat chicago three-to-two. marco scutaro continued swinging the bat well -- collecting three more hits. the cubs threatened in the eighth -- but with two on and no outs reliever santiago casilla came in and closed out the game. pitching two innings on his way to his first save of the season. but not without a little help from the panda. tomorrow tim lincecum takes the mound for the series finale against the cubs. the lakers are going to be without superstar kobe bryant for the remainder of the season and possibly some -- if not all of next season. kobe underwent surgery on his torn achilles tendon earlier today. he was hurt during the final minutes of the lakers- warriors game last night. kobe took to facebook to vent his frustrations las

bob melvin saw the last inning in his office.mpire andy fletcher called this a strike and melvin is tossed for arguing. oakland is 9-3. >>> seth smith 2-2 now batting .500 for the season. the a's are grateful there are not many verlander in the league. we put ourselves in positions to come back and one reason why was to get his pitch count on. we were still trying to grind on the pitch count some and get him out where we had a chance to do some damage off the bullpen. and a couple of times had some opportunity that we concash in as far as we would have liked to. >> a's outfielderonne yes,onne yes, sir cespedes was pit on the disabled list with a strained muscle. yeonis tried to steal 2nd base and landed awkwardly on the left hand. michael taylor recalledded to replace you him. >>> 38 degrees in chicago's wrigley field, but madison bumgarner remaining hot. giant's manager bochy gave his his world series ring. he was traded away, but still gets his bling. a terrible rea lay throw allowed bumgarner to score. scutaro three more hits.

it was a rough day for everyone on the a's including manager bob melvin who was tossed from the gamen the eighth inning for arguing with the umpire. today the a's will try to start a new winning streak as they wrap up their series with the tigers. the first pitch at 1:05. for the second straight day a golfer was penalized at the masters. this time.tiger woods. woods received a two-stroke penalty for an incorrect drop on the 15th hole on friday. a viewer watching the broadcast contacted the rules committee and informed them of the problem. after reviewing the incident, the rules committee deemed no rule had been broken, and no action was taken. but after tiger woods made a statement to the media after his round, the rules committee went back and looked at the drop again, and ruled against him. but rather than being disqualified for signing an incorrect scorecard. woods was given a penalty. >> a young korean golfer, a phenom in his own right at 14, was also penalized.for slow play. some people think that he could have been disqualified because of that. however, because of television ra