Larry Stone's MLB power rankings

Last week's ranking in parentheses


	Team
1	Dodgers (1)	About time for Jack Nicholson to discover the Dodgers
2	Boston (2)	Daisuke Matsuzaka's season peaked at the World Baseball Classic
3	Philadelphia (3)	The secret of Raul Ibanez's early-season success is now clear: a strained groin
4	Yankees (7)	Big ol' CC Sabathia: "Death To Frying Things"
5	Rangers (4)	Wide-ranging shortstop Elvis: Ain't nothing but a ground hog
6	Angels (13)	Torii Hunter trying to lead Angels to glorii
7	St. Louis (5)	Joe Buck's new HBO show ends with viewers in snoring position
8	Milwaukee (9)	Prince Fielder hitting against King Felix would be a royal treat
9	Detroit (6)	Gas-guzzling Magglio Ordonez replaced by a hybrid
10	Toronto (8)	Jays have their five main starters on DL — best simulated-game staff in history
11	San Francisco (11)	David Ortiz has been reincarnated as Pablo Sandoval
12	Colorado (18)	Rockies have perfected the one-good-month-to-contention strategy
13	Tampa Bay (14)	Ultra-hip manager Joe Maddon Twitters signs to third-base coach
14	Mets (10)	Oliver Perez ($36 million) battling Carlos Silva ($48 million) for worst expenditure
15	Cincinnati (12)	Where's Ken Griffey Jr. when you really need him?
16	Minnesota (19)	Slowey rising fast: Bet you didn't know he's got 10 wins
17	Cubs (16)	Cubs' College World Series drought extends to 101 years
18	Seattle (15)	A sincere wish for Mariners' bereavement list to remain forever empty
19	White Sox (21)	Pudge Rodriguez passes Pudge Fisk in games caught; Pudge Pierzynski jealous
20	Florida (26)	No aluminum bats in MLB; Bonafacio (12 errors) only player using aluminum glove
21	Atlanta (17)	Glavine shuts it down, could go in Hall of Fame with Maddux
22	Pittsburgh (25)	Pirates had hoped to draft next Willie Mays, but can only afford next Billy Mays
23	Houston (24)	Hunter Pence best Astros player named after British currency since Curt Schilling
24	Oakland (22)	Can't help but feel bad for Eric Chavez, scheduled for another back surgery
25	Baltimore (27)	Wieters' nickname dilemma: Is he a Campy, Gabby, Yogi or Pudge?
26	San Diego (20)	Not a good sign when Adrian Gonzalez is getting intentionally walked in BP
27	Kansas City (29)	Hillman named All-Star coach, unlikely to be All-Star manager any time soon
28	Cleveland (23)	Worst performance by a pen since that black Bic leaked all over my dress shirt
29	Arizona (28)	Mark Reynolds on pace for 230 strikeouts, proving last year's 204 were no fluke
30	Washington (30)	Nationals don't have a bullpen, they have a "Situation Room"

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I see you put Texas and Anaheim way up on the list. They may be near the division lead but this is a terrible division. They are not anywhere near... Posted on June 21, 2009 at 1:43 AM by greymstreet. Jump to comment

"Death to Frying Things"; now that's funny, Larry. Too bad you couldn't work Prince and Carlos into the mix. If Wieters... Posted on June 21, 2009 at 8:14 AM by howboutitAl. Jump to comment

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