Complex sentence: Anderson had a long wait between his retirement and induction into the HHOF, likely as his post-playing career was mirred by a bitter legal battle over child support for a boy, Nicholas, that he fathered out of wedlock in 1989.
Split into simpler sentences: Anderson had a long wait between his retirement and induction into the HHOF. His post-playing career was mirred by a bitter legal battle over child support for a son, Nicholas, that he fathered out of wedlock in 1989.