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Originally published Sunday, August 24, 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

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1 Tampa Bay (3) Contenders-come-lately don't have a legacy to stand on
2 Cubs (2) Lou will ride his Nasty Boys Redux: Wood, Marmol, Samardzija
3 Angels (1) Angels could play blindfolded in September and still win division by eight games
4 White Sox (6) If you predicted Carlos Quentin for MVP, you're either a liar or Miss Cleo
5 Minnesota (7) Twins have interest in Guardado; bullpen has had too many blown hot-foots lately
6 Boston (4) Best wishes to a childhood hero, the great Yaz
7 Milwaukee (5) Apparently, CyCy Sabathia never plans to lose in the National League
8 Mets (9) Only Usain Bolt has a better finishing kick than Johan Santana
9 St. Louis (8) Pineiro, Franklin, Villone ... is this a pitching staff or an M's reunion tour?
10 Philadelphia (10) Ryan Howard might be the most fearsome .229 hitter in baseball history
11 Arizona (12) Just to be clear, Justin is the Upton that runs out balls
12 Dodgers (13) Dodgers now feature the charismatic duo of Manny and the Mad Dog
13 Yankees (14) Carl Pavano continues the proud Yankee legacy of, uh, Ed Whitson
14 Toronto (15) They hoped to be battling the Yankees, just not for third place
15 Houston (16) The Backe decision: Cooper keeps Brandon and his 5.62 ERA in the rotation
16 Florida (11) Hail to Ricky Nolasco: Fires Marlins' first complete game in 302 starts
17 Detroit (18) Denny McLain has as many wins this year as Dontrelle Willis
18 Baltimore (19) Radhames Liz best pitcher with girl's first name as last name since Bob Shirley
19 Cleveland (22) Kudos to Mill Creek Little League, and MC's Grady Sizemore, knocking on 30-30
20 Texas (17) You've heard of Dream Team and Redeem Team? This is Losing Steam Team
21 Colorado (23) Try telling Troy Tulowitzki there's no such thing as the Sophomore Jinx
22 Pittsburgh (21) Pirates bullpen turns to T.J. Beam; Pirates fans turn to Jim Beam
23 Cincinnati (27) Reds will never replace his superstar presence ... but enough about Scott Hatteberg
24 Oakland (26) Where's Geronimo Berroa when you really need him?
25 San Francisco (25) Lincecum's been superb before & after All-Star break; during the break, not so good
26 Kansas City (24) Apparently, Jose Guillen's leadership can take you only so far
27 Atlanta (20) In the good old days, Braves used to wait until October to play this poorly
28 San Diego (29) Maybe the September call-ups will do better than April through August screwups
29 Seattle (28) 200 hits: a) annual Ichiro milestone; b) annual traffic on Jose Vidro fan-club Web site
30 Washington (30) Hey, things are going so well, the Nats really don't need their No. 1 draft pick

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