The Enquirer's Reds beat writer, John Fay, calls 'em like he sees 'em as baseball closes in on midseason.

        (This week — Last week — Team — Comment)
       1 — 6 — Los Angeles — Best record in the NL
       2 — 1 — Seattle — Cool off the A's
       3 — 2 — Arizona — Got get in playoffs to repeat
       4 — 3 — Boston — AL East could go to last week
       5 — 4 — NY Yankees — See above
       6 — 5 — Oakland — Needed to do better in Seattle
       7 — 6 — Atlanta — Aren't they old?
       8 — 9 — Minnesota — Running away with race
       9 — 8 — St — Louis — Baseball is secondary
       10 — 10 — Anaheim — Second in AL in hitting, runs
       11 — 11 — San Francisco — Bonds 3-1 favorite over Kent
       12 — 11 — Montreal — Got to love Colon trade
       13 — 13 — Reds — Bats are alive after all
       14 — 14 — Florida — Above .500 again
       15 — 21 — Baltimore — On a little roll
       16 — 17 — NY Mets — All that talent
       17 — 15 — Chicago WS — What ever happened to Frank Thomas?
       18 — 17 — Cleveland — Fire sale has started
       19 — 19 — Pittsburgh — Clinging to third
       20 — 18 — Colorado — Hurdle's honeymoon over
       21 — 20 — Texas — Now they're playing well
       22 — 22 — Houston — Jimy wasn't the answer
       23 — 23 — Chicago Cubs — Hitting under .240
       24 — 25 — San Diego — Hoffman finally blows a save
       25 — 26 — Toronto — Halladay is pitcher to watch
       26 — 23 — Philadelphia — Burrell's real deal
       27 — 27 — Kansas City — Swept the Tigers
       28 — 28 — Detroit — Very bad
       29 — 29 — Milwaukee — Very, very bad
       30 — 30 — Tampa Bay — The worst

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