"Curtis Granderson has not attempted to steal a base in a month.

Granderson has 24 stolen bases this season, swiping them all in his first 123 games played. That gave him a strong shot of reaching 30 steals and joining the 30-30 club for the first time. But the MVP candidate has not attempted to steal since Aug. 21, playing 25 games and counting without trying.

Are Granderson's legs heavy this late in the season?

"Everything feels good," he said yesterday. "Feel fine. Just haven't had the opportunity to do it."

Granderson did smack his 41st homer yesterday, a two-run blast into the right-field stands in the first inning off Twins lefty Scott Diamond. It was Granderson's third homer in seven games after he went 12 without one."