Complex sentence: After two years of retirement, in the autumn of, Houk, now 61, was ready to get back into baseball and when the Red Sox called about their open managerial post (they had fired Don Zimmer), he jumped at the chance.
Split into simpler sentences: After two years of retirement, in the autumn of, Houk, now 61, was ready to get back into baseball. When the Red Sox called about their open managerial post (they had fired Don Zimmer), he jumped at the chance.