BASEBALL

Suspended White Sox reliever Rob Dibble has apologized for criticizing replacement players and was free to rejoin Chicago’s minor leaguers, he said.

“I’ve always been known for having a big mouth,” Dibble said. “Guess I have to put a lid on it.”

Dibble was quoted in Saturday’s Chicago Tribune as saying replacement players were “going to be labeled like child molesters for the rest of their lives. You’re never going to get rid of that label.”