Complex sentence: William J. Bavasi (born December 27,1957, Scarsdale, New York) was the general manager and vice president of baseball operations for the Seattle Mariners-fired on 16 June 2008 with news conference scheduled at 2pm pacific time.
Split into simpler sentences: William J. Bavasi (born December 27,1957, Scarsdale, New York) is a former general manager and vice president of baseball operations for the Seattle Mariners. He was fired on June 16,2008 with news conference scheduled at 2pm pacific time.