Originally published Sunday, September 14, 2008 at 12:00 AM

Larry Stone's MLB power rankings

Last week's ranking in parentheses


	Team
1	Angels (2)	Yes, he had some cheap saves on his Road To Thigpen, but F-Rod is no F-Raud
2	Tampa Bay (1)	Rays finally call up lefty David Price, their phenom du jour
3	Boston (3)	If Dodgers win it all, who will be first to blame The Curse of Manny Ramirez?
4	Cubs (4)	Lou's tantrum came after the tirade deadline, so he had to clear ravers
5	Mets (6)	Looks like final game at Shea could be about a month after Yankee Stadium finale
6	Houston (12)	It took Hurricane Ike to slow down the rampaging Astros
7	Toronto (10)	Jays may finally beat out Yankees, and still won't make the playoffs
8	Milwaukee (5)	Not that they're choking, but Brews just hired a new team physician: Dr. Heimlich
9	White Sox (7)	With Quentin out and Konerko ailing, they really need Junior to hack like it's 1998
10	Minnesota (8)	They could really use Dome-field advantage in the postseason
11	Philadelphia (9)	Earliest baseball reference (1755) found in England: a Jamie Moyer autograph
12	St. Louis (11)	Cardinals' goal is no longer catching Milwaukee; now they have to catch Houston
13	Dodgers (15)	Holy Terry Forster! Dodgers play Giants six of the final nine
14	Yankees (13)	Mark McGwire won't talk about his past; Brian Cashman won't talk about his future
15	Florida (16)	Marlins nearing new stadium, will provide elegance & comfort to their 11,836 fans
16	Cleveland (17)	This team is completely, sincerely, totally, endlessly, amazingly, happily Cliff Lee
17	Arizona (14)	Melvin must be getting stretch-drive managerial advice from Willie Randolph
18	Texas (19)	Rangers are exquisitely balanced: They've scored and given up most runs in majors
19	Detroit (20)	Sheffield nears 500 HR — roughly one for every gripe he's publicly aired in his career
20	Cincinnati (21)	Reds needed one more big bat, so they got Micah Owings
21	Colorado (18)	Where's Vinny Castilla when you really need him?
22	Oakland (23)	Can't wait to read the new book about 2008 A's: "Crummyball"
23	San Francisco (24)	You can start calling him Cy Lincecum — or, in Seattle, Heavy Sigh Lincecum
24	Atlanta (26)	Cox says he'll be back; unfortunately, he can't bring 1995 Greg Maddux with him
25	Baltimore (22)	Saddest Baltimore finish since final episode of "The Wire"
26	Kansas City (25)	Royals under Hillman are Trey mal
27	Pittsburgh (27)	The way these guys are losing, they must want to be the Strasburg Pirates
28	Seattle (28)	No champagne this year; just a lot of sham and a lot of pain
29	Washington (30)	Bowden gives vote of confidence to Acta, but it turns out he wasn't registered
30	San Diego (29)	Padres haven't been the same since Matt Holliday was called safe at the plate