LASIK eye surgery cleared Lenn Sakata’s vision 10 years ... made me a major league player,” the 63-year-old Sakata said of the former Orioles manager. “He saved my career.

Six years after Lenn Sakata retired and two years after his jersey was retired ... earning a World Series ring with the 1983 Baltimore Orioles. After his playing days, Sakata turned to coaching ...

Lenn Sakata ... primarily a middle infielder, Sakata also saw duty at third base and in the outfield, and even an inning as an emergency catcher in the Orioles’ championship season.

At his age, “I’ll be 68 in June,” the plain-talking Sakata says ... for the game learned across stints with the Brewers, Orioles, A’s and Yankees, a career forged on solid fundamentals ...