Jim Kaat Under Fire For ‘Molester’ Comments About Yankees’ Pitcher Nestor Cortes
Baseball analyst and Minnesota Twins analyst, Jim Kaat is under fire again for insensitive comments regarding a player once again. During the broadcast of the Detroit Tigers-Minnesota Twins matchup on Thursday, Kaat referred to Yankee’s left-handed pitcher Nestor Cortes as “Nestor the Molester” while previewing the Twins-Yankees matchup for June 7. “‘Nestor the Molester,’ Nestor Cortes, Man, he is fun to watch,” Kaat said while praising Cortes’ play after the pitched seven shutout innings against the Los Angeles Angeles on Thursday. Cortes said after the game that he didn’t feel that Kaat made...