Mike Montgomery must have been a little overzealous while demonstrating his distaste for the Reds’ treatment of his fellow relievers this past weekend. That would explain his bird-flipper being so banged up that he wasn’t even able to throw a single live pitch after coming on in relief of Cole Hamels in the 5th inning Monday afternoon.
That, or Monty saw what the righty-heavy lineup had done to Hamels to that point in the game and he wanted no part of it. Montgomery signaled to the dugout shortly after beginning his warm-ups, bringing Joe Maddon and head trainer PJ Mainville out to the mound to check on the pitcher’s south paw.