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

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