OAKLAND -- Dustin Fowler is still waiting for his first big league at-bat.
The outfielder only made it to the on-deck circle last June 29, his big league debut as a Yankee scarred by a horrific freak injury.
The scene at Guaranteed Rate Field was grim. Fowler crashed into the wall in right-field foul territory while chasing down a fly ball, nearly tumbling headfirst into the stands while his right knee slammed into an exposed, unpadded metal electrical box. Carried off the field on a stretcher, he was taken by ambulance and soon learned he would require season-ending surgery following a rupture in the patella tendon.