Jim Kaat has made bad national headlines for the second time in less than a year.
The Hall of Famer and ex-Yankees television analyst, for some unfathomable reason, called Yankees southpaw Nestor Cortes “Nestor the Molester” during a Twins-Tigers game on Thursday. Kaat was praising Cortes and, uh, got carried away with his riff?
Kaat, 83, has not apologized publicly yet. But Twins vice president of communications and content Dustin Morse told The Associated Press that “obviously, we take these matters seriously and like in all cases will handle this internally and privately,” adding that Kaat “meant no ill will.