FILE - In this April 14, 2017, file photo, Milwaukee Brewers manager Craig Counsell watches from the dugout during the second inning of the team's baseball game against the Cincinnati Reds in Cincinnati. It has been quite a season so far for a club that was supposed to be in the second full year of a rebuilding project. At 50-41, Milwaukee is in first place at the break for the fifth time in franchise history, and the first time since 2014. “I guess I’m surprised with where we’re sitting right now, with the (size of the) lead. I think everybody is in baseball,” Counsell said. “How we’ve played–not really that surprised. We’ve earned our record.” (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)