Judgment Calls

[Thumb Up]To Cincinnati Reds pitcher Jose Rijo , for buying two ambulances for the police department and the hospital in his hometown of San Crist�bal in the Dominican Republic .

[Thumb Down]To the Reds , for their refusal to award Rijo a $62,500 bonus he would have received had he pitched 205 innings this season. Rijo, who won 15 games despite missing five weeks with an ankle injury, pitched 204? innings.

[Thumb Down]To Walt Nadzak, athletic director at The Citadel , for not granting scholarship releases to two freshman athletes that would have allowed them to transfer to another Southern Conference school. The two students left The Citadel after humiliating hazing incidents.