Lou “Cha Cha” Montanez makes the best of a tough situation

Back in late April, when we were all still young and before the stink of 13 lost seasons hung around the Orioles like a dead man’s gym socks, the O’s looked to their triple-A team for an outfielder. That's not Albert Pujols. It's Lou Montanez. Two players from the Norfolk Tides stood out, sporting smoking-hot batting averages and solid power numbers. Nolan Reimold and Lou Montanez are both righthanded, both are tall and weigh about 200 pounds. The O’s tapped Montanez, who racked up a .204 average in about a dozen and a half games. Then, in the middle of May, Reimold got the call from the big club. He hit in seven of his first eight games and looked like he was...