"The Indians are hopelessly out of the race to catch the Detroit Tigers, who lead the Central Division. But a more dubious achievement is within the Tribe's reach: eclipsing the franchise record for strikeouts.

That is one specialty in which the Indians have no peer. They lead the American League with 1,139 strikeouts, seven more than the Seattle Mariners. But the Mariners have played two more games (146) than the Tribe, so the Waving Wahoos have a bigger lead than it appears (7.9 strikeouts per game to 7.6 for the Mariners).

That Indians batsmen are threatening the club strikeout record should come as no surprise. It has happened almost every season in the past five years."