Nobody is popping champagne corks at Great American Ball Park simply because the Reds started May 8 all alone in first place. It’s 31 games out of 162, not even a fifth of the season completed. But it’s better than where the team has been over the last several years as it’s gone through a rebuilding process, so you can excuse a couple of smiles.
“We've been in first and we've been in last already this year,” Reds manager Bryan Price joked. “Now we're back in first. It's great. I'd be a lot happier in September to be talking about first place.