1,981. That's how many homers the entire American League is on pace to hit this season as of Monday afternoon. Hmm, not saying baseball's new drug policy has players watching themselves, but if you throw out the strike-shortened 1994 season, this could be the first time since 1992 that the American League has not hit at least 2,000 homers. In fact, from 1993 to 2007, the American League averaged 2,471 homers a season -- 490 more than what the league is on pace to hit this season. Only one AL player -- the White Sox's Carlos Quentin -- is on pace to hit at least 40 homers. In the American League, at least two players have hit 40 homers every year, again skipping the 1994 season, since 1990.