Complex sentence: Ironically, his father's first cousin is Sue Lappin Selig, wife of Major League Baseball Comissioner Bud Selig who mediated the sale of the franchise to minority owners when Monus was forced to sell the team.
Split into simpler sentences: Ironically, his father's first cousin is Sue Lappin Selig, wife of Major League Baseball Comissioner Bud Selig. Mr. Selig mediated the sale of the franchise to minority owners when Monus was forced to sell the team.