sentences:  Officially, Wasiak managed for 37 consecutive seasons (1950–86) in the minors.However, in 1982, in the middle of a seven-year term as skipper of the Vero Beach Dodgers of the Class A Florida State League, he was sidelined for almost the entire season after undergoing heart surgery the previous winter.But Wasiak was able to manage one game on August 24, keeping his skein alive.