Simplify the following text for a Grade 6 native English-speaking person.
Original: After the Olympics , Thorpe played professional baseball and football .
Simplified: Apart from his track and field appearance , Thorpe also played in one of two exhibition baseball games at the 1912 Olympics , which featured two teams composed of U.S. track and field athletes . It was not Thorpe 's first try at baseball , as the public would soon learn .