Task: Text Simplification
Input (English): james howard " jim " thome -lrb- ; born august 27 , 1970 in -rrb- is a major league baseball designated hitter for the chicago white sox.
Output (English): james howard " jim " thome -lrb- born august 27 , 1970 -rrb- is a major league baseball designated hitter for the chicago white sox.