Path: bloom-picayune.mit.edu!snorkelwacker.mit.edu!americast.com!americast.com!americast-post Newsgroups: americast.latimes.sports From: americast-post@AmeriCast.Com Organization: American Cybercasting Approved: americast-post@AmeriCast.com Subject: Howe Suspension Ends With Reinstatement Date: Sat, 14 Nov 92 08:11:37 EST Message-ID: HEADLINE: Howe Suspension Ends With Reinstatement Publication Date: Friday November 13, 1992 BYLINE: Steve Howe's lifetime suspension was cut short Thursday by arbitrator George Nicolau, and the free-agent pitcher was reinstated. Howe, a left-hander, was suspended by then-commissioner Fay Vincent on June 8 after the pitcher's seventh incident related to drugs or alcohol. Howe, 34, was with the New York Yankees at the time of his eighth suspension, which followed a guilty plea in U.S. District Court in Missoula, Mont., to a misdemeanor charge of attempting to buy a gram of cocaine. "It makes baseball look silly and I think there'll be a lot of adverse reaction," said Vincent, who resigned Sept. 7. "I don't think there was any doubt about my having just cause. I think the arbitrator substituted his judgment for mine, and the arbitrator was wrong. . . . I think it's a bad development for baseball. Why is eight (suspensions) different from seven?" This article is copyright 1992 The Los Angeles Times Home Edition. Redistribution to other sites is not permitted except by arrangement with American Cybercasting Corporation. For more information, send-email to usa@AmeriCast.COM