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Originally published Sunday, June 8, 2008 at 12:00 AM

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Larry Stone's MLB power rankings

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Last week's ranking in parentheses

Team
1 Cubs (1) Piniella says proudly of McLaren, "I taught him every bleeping thing he knows"
2 Angels (3) Now that's a successful series: Angels sweep, send M's into tantrum mode
3 Philadelphia (7) Chris Snelling re-emerges on Phils, but his knees have more wear than Moyer's arm
4 St. Louis (6) Lobbying for name change to the "St. Louis Big Browns"
5 Boston (5) Any more injuries or suspensions, they'll be the Pawtucket Red Sox
6 Tampa Bay (2) Still have to prove they can beat the Red Sox (fists don't count)
7 White Sox (4) Ozzie Guillen challenges McLaren to a best-of-seven bleepoff
8 Oakland (12) A few more quality starts by Dana, and they'll be the Eveland A's
9 Milwaukee (20) Kapler (.330) is having a pretty good season for an ex-manager
10 Arizona (8) Micah Owings jealous of Chipper Jones, thought HE was going to make run at .400
11 Florida (9) Renyel Pinto best player named after bad '70s car model since Karl "Tuffy" Gremlin
12 Atlanta (10) Can't wait to see Smoltz, Glavine and Maddux go into the Hall of Fame together
13 Minnesota (13) Don't count them out as long as they have Johan San ... Oops, nevermind.
14 Mets (16) Beltran's job in the lineup is to enforce a separation of Church and Wright
15 Houston (11) Where's Mike Scott when you really need him?
16 Toronto (14) Blue Jays concede race, throw support behind Rays
17 Baltimore (17) Ichiro can't wait to be Sherrill's teammate again — in the All-Star Game
18 Yankees (18) Steinbrenner can't believe he didn't think of the no-towels trick before Seattle
19 Texas (19) Team prez Nolan Ryan to hire Robin Ventura as VP of Getting His Butt Kicked
20 Cincinnati (21) Porsche Cayman: 0 to 60 in 4.8 seconds. Ken Griffey: 597 to 600 in month and a half
21 Pittsburgh (22) Trivia: Who was last player to go straight from draft to majors? Answer: Xavier Nady
22 Dodgers (15) Hiroki and Jason Schmidt: Kuroda and Corroded
23 Cleveland (23) Drew Carey has changed theme song to fit Indians' season: Cleveland blows
24 San Francisco (24) Who needs Barry Bonds when you've got Brian Horwitz?
25 Detroit (25) Jim Leyland developing a two-pack-a-loss habit
26 Washington (26) Nats lobby to end draft and institute an all-volunteer player pool
27 San Diego (27) Fair to say it's a down year for the vaunted Padres-Mariners rivalry
28 Kansas City (30) Royals draft HS pitcher Melville, believe it's a whale of a pick
29 Colorado (28) Rockies had a sandwich pick, but couldn't decide between Subway and Quiznos
30 Seattle (29) Mariners dispatch Elia to give McLaren a crash course in tirade etiquette

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