“Reached out to me and apologized”: Broadcaster Jim Kaat excused by Yankees’ Nestor Cortes

“Reached out to me and apologized”: Broadcaster Jim Kaat excused by Yankees’ Nestor Cortes

Nestor Cortes excuses Jim Kaat

The Minnesota Broadcaster Jim Kaat referred to Cortes as ‘Nestor, The Molestor’ during a live broadcast between Tigers and Twins. Although Kaat’s remark on Nestor Cortes was made in a very uplifting nature, his word rhyming used for Nestor as a Molester was taken to be highly offensive.

The depth of the situation made Jim Kaat apologize to Nestor Cortes for which the New York Yankee tweeted on Friday that he was not of the opinion that the comment directed toward him by the long time anchor-man was in any way malicious.

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Kaat on Thursday commented, “Nestor the Molester, Nestor Cortes”, “Angles and different speeds. He’s a pitcher.” Cortes was asked about the comment on Thursday itself to which he said he wasn’t displeased by the statement made. The Minnesota Twins took upon the situation on Thursday and said that they would handle the circumstances “internally and privately”

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Broadcaster Jim Kaat apologizes for non-intentional detrimental nickname

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Cortes’s triumphant nature continues off the field as well on Friday: “Jim Kaat has spent an entire lifetime in this game we love,” he tweeted. “He reached out to me and apologized for his remark last night, but he didn’t need to. We all make mistakes and feel 100% there was no malice intended. I plan on lifting him up with this tweet and I hope others do too. No sweat here Jim!”

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Jim Kaat, who was introduced into the Baseball Hall of Fame by the Golden Days Era Committee this year, also worked for the Yankees and MLB Network. This was not his first time asking for pardon. He apologized in October for his statement saying teams should try to “get a 40-acre field full of” players who look like Chicago White Sox infielder Yoan Moncada.

His comment about Moncada reminded some viewers of the unfilled promise by the U.S. government that freed slaves would receive 40 acres and a mule following the Civil War. The apology was made later in that game between the Houston Astros and White Sox.

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