Baltimore Orioles' infielder Drew Jackson started wearing contacts in college and found he was able to start seeing things clearly. (Lloyd Fox/Baltimore Sun video)
For Richie Martin, the outfield billboards that line every minor league ballpark were blurry from his perch in the dugout. For Drew Jackson, a street sign off Campus Drive at Stanford wasn’t clear either.
It turned out that neither was well-served by the traditional eye charts of their youth, and now the two Orioles infielders share a commonality beyond the fact that each is in camp this month as a Rule 5 draft acquisition with a clear view of a major league roster spot if they perform in camp.