Former MLB pitcher and current MLB Network analyst Jim Kaat apologized Friday for referencing slavery while discussing Chicago White Sox third baseman Yoan Moncada during Game 2 of the American League Division Series against the Houston Astros.
Former MLB manager Buck Showalter, who was calling the game with Kaat, complimented Moncada's talent and recalled once watching him from the dugout and saying, "Can we have one of those?"
Kaat laughed in response and said, "Get a 40-acre field full of 'em."
Later in the broadcast, Kaat apologized: "Earlier in the game, when Yoan Moncada was at the plate, in an attempt to compliment the great player that he is, I used a poor choice of words that resulted in an insensitive and hurtful remark.