Padres Reinstate Gossage After He Apologizes

Rich Gossage, suspended by the San Diego Padres, has been reinstated to the team’s active roster.

In a settlement, Gossage agreed to accept a 20-day suspension and a loss of $25,000 in salary that will be donated to charity.

In turn, the Major League Players’ Assn. agreed to drop its grievance, which was to be the subject of an arbitration hearing today in Houston.

Gossage also apologized to team President Ballard Smith and team owner Joan Kroc for derogatory statements he made about them to reporters twice this season. He had called them “spineless and gutless people” more committed to making social statements that winning baseball games.