Another Cheater Caught

For the second time in one week, a Bay Area ballplayer has been suspended for testosterone usage. This time it’s Bartolo Colon, the pitcher who lead the Oakland A’s in wins, innings pitched and starts.

Colon Suspended

Colon’s 50-game suspension comes on the heels of the Giants’ Melky Cabrera’s equal punishment for using performance-enhancing drugs.

And here I thought the steroid era was finally behind us. But as Yogi Berra once said, “It ain’t over til it’s over.”

By this time you might think BALCO stands for Bay Area Losers Cheat Often. Too bad for the Giants and the A’s – yet somehow both teams manage to keep on winning.

About Mike

Mike Luery is an award-winning journalist with 25 years on TV and radio. Currently, he is the political reporter for KCRA-TV, the top-ranked station in Sacramento. This is Luery's second tour of duty with KCRA, where he was also a reporter from 1984 - 2000. In between, he was NBC's Capitol Bureau Chief in California and a reporter for CBS 13 in Sacramento. Luery lives in northern California with his wife Carol. Baseball Between Us is his first book.
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