Steroids still playing a role

On August 22, 2012 Oakland Athletics pitcher Bartolo Colon was suspended 50 games for testing positive for violating the drug policy. The former Cy Young award winner has been having one of his best seasons since 2005 when he won the award, and is posting an era of 3.43 this season. As the Athletics are looking to make a playoff push and try and get one of those Wild Card spots in the American League, it will only make it harder for their low budget team to succeed in their goals to make the playoffs as they will be losing one of their best pitchers in Colon. This 50 game suspension for Colon came just a few weeks after Outfielder Melky Cabrera of the San Francisco Giants was also suspended 50 games for violating the MLB drug policy when he tested positive for testosterone as well. Cabrera the NL All-Star game MVP will also be very much missed from his team as he was leading the league in hits and trying to help the Giants with their division. Steroids are still playing a big role in the careers of several players throughout the league, and this just leads to more speculation around the league because no one knows when we will hear about another player being suspended for steroids. Hopefully these players can find a way to stay away from these performance-enhancing drugs because it is creating a bad image for the league the unfair advantages completely change the outcome of several situations.