CINCINNATI -- Jim Bowden proposed the concept in a letter to Commissioner Bud Selig last year. The Cincinnati Reds' general manager suggested a revenue-based...

...playoffs. This season, the Reds finished second in the NL Central, but way behind St. Louis. Reds general manager Jim Bowden said the team would not renew McKeon's contract. Cincinnati had a 291-259 record after replacing Ray Knight on July...

...Reds look like the junior varsity. ''For whatever reason right now, we're atrocious,'' Reds general manager Jim Bowden said. ''The general manager stinks, the starting pitchers stink, the relief pitchers stink, the hitters and fielders...

...million annually. That's what one agent, speaking on condition he not be identified, said Cincinnati general manager Jim Bowden told him. Big money, but not so big in an era when Los Angeles pitcher Kevin Brown averages $15 million and Detroit...

...offer wasn't adequate. Boone, who went 181-206 in Kansas City, has been a special assistant to general manager Jim Bowden for the last three years. Boone played 19 seasons with the Phillies, Angels and Royals and set a major league record...

...after the Reds signed Osvaldo Fernandez to a minor league deal Tuesday. ''That's not enough,'' general manager Jim Bowden said. ''You don't get enough pitching. We've all talked about it. Pitching is going to separate how far you...

...when they got Henson that he might never play for them. "Drew and I had some conversations," Reds general manager Jim Bowden said. "He was very clear on his position that to play baseball, you'd have to match what he would get in football...

...know the kind of great teams and great players that Mr. Steinbrenner has put on the field,'' Reds general manager Jim Bowden said. ''I would not count him out.'' Griffey had said he wouldn't play in the Bronx because of the way his father...

...what he would want in a contract. On Thursday morning, they called Oester in and offered him the job. General manager Jim Bowden shook his hand and congratulated him, then turned the contract matter over to chief operating officer John Allen. That's...

...optioned LHP Hector Mercado, INF Gookie Dawkins, OF Ruben Mateo and C Corky Miller to Triple-A Louisville. ... GM Jim Bowden said minor league OF Austin Kearns won't be fined for skipping workouts Monday. Kearns was unhappy to learn he'll...