Keeping the Reds from giving up after a horrible start has earned manager Jerry Narron another year in Cincinnati. "The only reason I'm coming back is because the players played well,'' Jerry Narron said. The Reds extended his contract on Thursday through the 2006 season with a mutual option for 2007. Narron began the season as the Reds bench coach and was appointed interim manager when Dave Miley was fired June 21 after the team's 27-43 start. Cincinnati was 46-42 under Narron entering Thursday's game against Milwaukee. "Really, the only reason I'm coming back is because the players played well," Narron said. "With where we were in the standings, what our record was, it would have been very easy to just pretty much give up on the team part of it and just play individually.