The news that Brett Anderson will miss another month, and possibly a good deal more time, is the latest indication that Anderson’s health will be an ongoing concern in Oakland.

For the short term, however, the immediate question his just how the A’s will address the hole left in their starting rotation by Anderson’s stress frature in his right foot.

Sources say there was some conversation about going to the minor leagues and plucking Sonny Gray, who had been on a hot streak with Triple-A Sacramento, although he lost a 7-2 decision to Oklahoma City Thursday, giving up four runs, three earned, in 6.2 innings.

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Tommy Milone walked out of the Oakland clubhouse Tuesday seemingly having put the 1-0 loss to Cleveland behind him.

His teammates weren’t so fortunate.

They not only didn’t hit behind Milone, the A’s not getting a runner to second base, but they didn’t play defense behind him, either.

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BOSTON – It’s been a long, tough first few months of the baseball season for Casper Wells.

And that doesn’t figure to change any time soon.

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Coco Crisp was back in the lineup for Monday’s 11-2 win over Houston, but after he went from first to third on Derek Norris’ double in the eighth inning, he was lifted in favor of Seth Smith, who generally isn’t asked to serve as a pinch-runner.

It seemed as if Crisp may have reinjured the groin that kept him out of games Saturday and Sunday against the Tigers. After the game, manager Bob Melvin said that wasn’t the case.

Instead Melvin was kicking himself for not getting Crisp out of the game earlier. After all, when Crisp walked in the eighth inning, it was the third time he’d reached base and the A’s were holding a 9-2 lead.

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Josh Donaldson had a couple of hits and drove in a run Wednesday in the A’s 11-5 win over the Angels.

He’s hitting just .200 and is still looking for his first home run.

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This is the type of blog item that isn’t strictly about baseball, so if you’re looking for nuts and bolts about the national pastime, you’d better check back later.

This is about something that doesn’t matter to most people. It’s about arrogance of baseball ownership and the powers that be.

Tonight is the home opener for the Los Angeles-California-cum-Anaheim-cum-Los Angeles of Anaheim Angels. A good time may be had for all.

For all except for the print media. In an apparent fit of pique, LA-C-A-LAofA owner Arte Moreno decided to relocate the press box from behind home plate into the right field corner. Radio and TV, both of which pay big money to cover the team, remain behind home plate.

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The A’s second base jumble became a little bit less jumbled Tuesday with the announcement that Adam Rosales was heading to the disabled list.

At a minimum, Rosales will be lost for the first seven games of the season, leaving Scott Sizemore, Jed Lowrie and Eric Sogard to duke it out for the second base job.

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Call me crazy.

But if the A’s roster situation comes down like this, remember you read it here first.

The assumption all along has been that Dan Straily would start Game 5 of the season for Oakland in Houston, after which he would be sent down to make room for Bartolo Colon, post-PEDs.

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It’s moving day at Phoenix Muni, sort of.

The A’s don’t fly out to the Bay Area until after Wednesday’s Cactus League finale against the Rockies here.

But not everything flies. Much of the gear that the A’s will use this season gets trucked to Oakland, and the truck is being packed up now as the A’s are playing the Brewers and will hit the road later this afternoon.

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Jemile Weeks has gone from one of the favored few to one of the early exits at the Oakland A’s camp.

Weeks and outfielder Shane Peterson both were set to Triple-A Sacramento after Sunday’s game.

Both were hitting well, Peterson at .408 and Weeks at .370, but Peterson, a first-year player in terms of the Cactus League, never had a chance of cracking an entrenched outfield.

It was different for Weeks, who had bad luck on a couple of levels to wind up getting shipped back to the minor leagues.

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