Originally published Saturday, June 18, 2011 at 3:30 PM

Larry Stone's MLB power rankings

Last weeks rankings in parentheses Team 1 Red Sox (1) Long-suffering Boston fans lament interminable 4-year wait for another Red Sox title...

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Last weeks rankings in parentheses


	Team
1	Red Sox (1)	Long-suffering Boston fans lament interminable 4-year wait for another Red Sox title
2	Phillies (2)	Comparisons between Ackley and Phils' second baseman are Utley believable
3	Yankees (6)	If DiMaggio was the Yankee Clipper, Rivera should be the Yankee Cutter
4	Giants (8)	Rehabbing Zito proving to be best $18.5 million-a-year pitcher in PCL
5	Braves (5)	Braves trying not to let the Phillies go all Rory McIlroy on them
6	Brewers (7)	Unfortunate error results when Corey Hart wears his sunglasses at night
7	Diamondbacks (11)	Kirk Gibson hires Dennis Eckersley as bullpen coach in charge of hanging sliders
8	Tigers (9)	Justin Verlander is channeling his inner-Nolan Ryan this year
9	Rays (13)	When Johnny Damon called his Rays teammates "Idiots," they started pouting
10	Cardinals (3)	Never mind Pujols' .271 average; the real eye-opener is Carpenter's 1-7 record
11	Indians (10)	Too bad about Travis getting dumped by his fiancee. Wait, never mind, that was Hefner
12	Rangers (4)	Where's Rick Helling when you really need him?
13	Mariners (12)	M's youth movement is notable both for the youth and the movement
14	Reds (14)	Cueto has been greato, but Leake has been bleake
15	Mets (18)	Not signing Jason Bay is looking better each day for Mariners
16	Pirates (19)	To celebrate being over .500 so late in year, all flying pigs get in free at PNC
17	Blue Jays (15)	The Year of Jose Bautista has segued into The Year of Adrian Gonzalez
18	Angels (21)	Weaver has thrown 115 pitches or more eight times; will become lefty in September
19	Rockies (20)	Leyland returns to Colorado for first time since he sort of managed Rockies
20	Nationals (27)	Mike Morse is nearing Choo territory in "How did M's let him get away?" pantheon
21	White Sox (22)	Jake Peavy has made 10 rehab starts and 25 real starts since joining Sox in July '09
22	Orioles (17)	Good luck to Rick Adair, who takes over as Orioles pitching coach
23	A's (28)	Bob Melvin's best managerial attribute right now is that he's not Bob Geren
24	Twins (26)	Mauer activated, but with Justin on DL, Twins fans still in Morneau-ing
25	Royals (25)	If Hosmer hits his "s" off, he'll be the aptly named Eric Homer
26	Marlins (16)	In honor of LeBron, Marlins have decided to take off a quarter of the season
27	Dodgers (24)	Mattingly wishes he had a stable, distraction-free owner, like George Steinbrenner
28	Padres (23)	Rizzo lucky that only old-timers and Dustin Hoffman fans will nickname him "Ratso"
29	Cubs (29)	To ease debt structure, Cubs owner Ricketts to take on minority investor Scurvy
30	Astros (30)	Under latest realignment plan, Astros to move to Smythe Division