2010 hitting

Has anybody noticed that hitting is down fairly significantly from years past?  The AL-wide OPS this year is .740, with the previous 5 years all ranging from .755-.776.  I'm not statistically savvy enough to put that in any perspective, but I'm using it as a glimmer of hope in light of our offense struggles.

Of course, the Indians are 3rd last, ahead of Baltimore and Seattle, and a whopping .028 behind Oakland, at .678.  But still, everybody is hitting worse.

At least we're 4th if you sort alphabetically.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/2010-standard-batting.shtml