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Power Rankings: Manny-less Dodgers still No. 1

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This is the fifth week the Los Angeles Dodgers have been without Manny Ramirez. Yet for four of those weeks, the Dodgers have been the No. 1 team in baseball.

The Dodgers, who continue to play steady baseball in Manny's absence, finished 4-2 for the week to remain atop the MLB Power Rankings for the fourth straight time. They came close to dropping all four games to Philadelphia over the weekend. But after dropping Thursday's game, the Dodgers had to rally against Phillies closer Brad Lidge on Friday and Saturday to take the next two games of the series, before losing Sunday night.

The Dodgers are followed once again by the No. 2 New York Yankees, who were also 4-2 for the week. The Boston Red Sox (No. 3), Philadelphia Phillies (No. 4) and the Milwaukee Brewers (No. 5) fill out the top five.

One of our panelists, Enrique Rojas of ESPNDeportes.com, wrote the comments below. Meanwhile, you can rank the teams yourself.

Tune in to "Baseball Tonight" every Monday on ESPN to see the week's U.S. Army Power Rankings. The Oakland A's are the U.S. Army Team of the Week; the A's have won six straight games and jumped seven spots to No. 22 in this week's rankings.

2009 Power Rankings: June 8
	RK (LW)	TEAM	REC	COMMENT
	1 (1)	Dodgers	39-20	As part of their impressive record, the Dodgers are 14-5 in games decided by one run.
	2 (2)	Yankees	33-23	With 100 home runs in 28 games, the new Yankee Stadium could finish with close to 300 home runs in its first season.
	3 (4)	Red Sox	33-24	David Ortiz has raised his average from .185 to .198 with a six-game hitting streak.
	4 (7)	Phillies	33-22	The Phillies have won 13 of their past 17 on the road and have the best MLB record (21-8) away from home.
	5 (5)	Brewers	33-24	The Brewers have a 29-15 record since April 22.
$Texas Rangers$	6 (3)	Rangers	33-23	The Rangers are 13-3 against West Division teams, but 17-20 against AL East and AL Central teams.
	7 (8)	Tigers	30-25	On fire! Edwin Jackson is 5-1 with an 0.76 ERA and 34 K's in 45.1 IP in his past six outings.
	8 (6)	Cardinals	31-26	The Cardinals have lost seven of their past 10 and haven't won two in a row since May 26-27.
	9 (9)	Mets	30-25	Francisco Rodriguez is 15-for-15 in save opportunities and has only allowed runs (2) in one of his 25 appearances.
	10 (10)	Blue Jays	32-27	Roy Halladay (10-1, 2.52 ERA) has thrown more than 100 pitches in nine of his past 11 outings, including 133 on June 2.
	11 (17)	Rays	29-29	On nine different occasions, the Rays have had a .500 record this season.
	12 (11)	Cubs	28-26	The Cubs have won seven of 11 games after an eight-game losing streak.
	13 (13)	Angels	28-27	Vladimir Guerrero, who lost 35 games due to chest pains, has only one homer in 2009 (April 12 against Boston).
	14 (12)	Reds	29-27	The Reds have lost nine of 15 games decided by one run, and four of six extra-innings games.
	15 (14)	Giants	29-26	Tim Lincecum (5-1) is on a five-win streak and has 10 outings in a row without a loss since April 12.
	16 (16)	Twins	28-30	Joe Mauer's average has gone under .400 only one day (.397 on May 20) since he made his season debut May 1.
	17 (15)	Braves	27-28	In addition to being shut out a major league-leading seven times this season, the Braves have scored only one run in five other games.
	18 (20)	Mariners	28-29	The Mariners have played 27 games (15-12) decided by a run.
	19 (23)	Marlins	27-31	The Marlins have lost 30 of their 46 games after starting the season 11-1.
	20 (18)	White Sox	26-30	The White Sox have lost five of six games going into their five-game series against the visiting Tigers.
	21 (29)	Athletics	25-30	The A's have won six games in a row, their best streak since August 2006.
	22 (24)	Pirates	26-30	Right-hander Ian Snell (1-6) is winless in his past nine outings.
	23 (19)	Padres	26-30	The Padres have played in the two longest games of the season, totalling 33 innings and 10 hours and 59 minutes.
	24 (25)	Diamondbacks	25-32	The Diamondbacks are third in the National League with 45 errors, only surpassed by Washington (54) and Florida (49).
	25 (22)	Orioles	24-33	The Orioles have lost 21 of their past 26 games away from home.
	26 (27)	Astros	25-30	Roy Oswalt (2-3, 4.66 ERA) doesn't have a decision in eight of 13 outings this season.
	27 (26)	Indians	25-34	Carl Pavano is 6-1 with a 3.00 ERA since May 1, lowering his overall ERA from 9.50 to 4.63.
	28 (21)	Royals	24-32	Zack Greinke has allowed eight runs in 12 IP in his past two outings, raising his ERA from 0.84 to 1.55.
	29 (28)	Rockies	24-32	Colorado is 6-4 since replacing Clint Hurdle with Jim Tracy as manager.
	30 (30)	Nationals	15-40	Adam Dunn is the only player with more home runs (17) than his team's win total (15).