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Updated Jul 28, 2009 3:30 PM ET
     
 
DETROIT -- Comerica Park is a great place for extra-base hits. That is why it is so surprising the Detroit Tigers rank last in the major leagues in doubles. And it's not even close. The Tigers are last in the majors in doubles with 141, which is 13 less than the 29th ranked San Diego Padres, Minnesota Twins and Chicago White Sox. Toronto leads the majors with 224 doubles. The Tigers' inability to hit doubles, especially when they have home-field advantage in expansive Comerica Park, had Tigers manager Jim Leyland shaking his head late last week. And repeating himself. "That's a total shock to me in this ballpark," he said. "A total shock in this ballpark. That's a total shock." -- Ordonez struggled for much of the first half of the season and has been platooning with Clete Thomas, which has reduced his number of at-bats. He had 32 doubles last season and has 12 this year. -- Curtis Granderson has had an unusual season. He is on pace to have more home runs and strikeouts, but his doubles (26 in 2008 and 11 in '09) and triples (13 in '08 and four in '09) are down. -- Carlos Guillen has missed most of the season with a shoulder injury, so his doubles total should climb consistently in the second half. Still, he had 29 last season and has just only four so far this year. Those three players accounted for 87 doubles in '08 and have 27 so far this season. LEYLAND SAID the Tigers think Joel Zumaya will be able to pitch again this season. Zumaya threw a short distance a few times Sunday for the first time since feeling his shoulder pop against the Yankees on July 17. LEYLAND KILLED ANOTHER trade rumor. "We have absolutely no interest in Milton Bradley," he said. "Somebody started that (garbage). And the people that started it ought to know better." On Saturday, he said the Tigers weren't pursuing St. Louis Cardinals third baseman Troy Glaus, which had been rumored in an article on Foxsports.com.
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