This week's Howard Cosell Award goes to ...

Give Torii Hunter credit for telling it like it is.

Major League home runs this season were at their lowest level since 1993. Why?

"I think the steroid testing has something to do with it," Hunter said. "If there were any guys who were taking it, they're not taking it anymore."

Not everyone is as upfront as the Angels centerfielder.

Miguel Cabrera, who led the American League in dingers with 37 (37!) said, "I think it's the bigger stadiums.”

Right.

Hunter teammate Mark Teixeira is blaming something else.

"I can feel the ball being a little softer,” he said. “I can feel the seams being a little raised and the leather not being as tight."

Right.

In the midst of the home-run binge, players who didn’t want to talk about steroids talked about how the ball was tighter and traveled farther. Now, a player who doesn’t want to talk about the absence of steroids talks about the ball being softer.

As I said, give Hunter credit.