Lance Davis threw 50 pitches in a simulated game before Tuesday's game with the Colorado Rockies.

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        “He looked good — real good,” Reds manager Bob Boone said. “He had life on his ball. It was moving.”

        Gookie Dawkins, who hit off Davis, was impressed.

        “He was throwing nice and easy,” Dawkins said. “But the ball got on you quick.”

        Davis will throw another session in two or three days. The 25-year-old lefty is on the 15-day DL, rehabbing his shoulder.

        HE'S GRRRRREAT: With former manager Tony Perez out of a job with the Florida Marlins, would the Reds consider bringing him back?

        Yes, but not right now.

        “All our positions are completely filled,”Reds GM Jim Bowden said. “But we can always use someone with his experience in some capacity.”

        Bowden fired Perez as manager after 44 games in 1993.

        Bowden rehired Ray Knight, another manager he had fired, as bench coach.

        NO MOVE TO LEFT: Boone said he talked to Ken Griffey Jr., who has a partially torn tendon in his knee, about moving to left field upon his return from the disabled list.

        But they decided against it.

        “The problem with left or right is he'd have to stop quickly,” Boone said. “That's what he has trouble with.”

        A-OK: Sean Casey said he no longer is feeling the effects of getting hit in the head by a Robert Person pitch April13. Casey was feeling a piercing pain behind his ear when he ran, but that went away over the weekend.

        NO CORDERO: Bowden said the Reds have no interest in outfielder Wil Cordero, who was designated for assignment by the Cleveland Indians on Monday. Cordero makes $4 million a year.

        “Right now, we're pretty happy with what we have,” Bowden said. “We like the makeup of our team and our clubhouse.”

        JUNIOR JUNIOR: Sports Illustrated For Kids, in its May issue, features the actual pro scouting reports of five of today's major-league stars, including Ken Griffey Jr., from when the players were teen-agers.

        One scout's comment about young Junior: “Similar style but much better than Barry Bonds at same stage.”

Reds 3, Rockies 2 Reds box, runs SULLIVAN: Encarnacion brought all the tools Larkin gets back in the swing 3 top prospects on DL Reds Notebook: Davis rehab progressing Giants 12, Cubs 4 Yankees 2, A's 1

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