Longtime MLB announcer Jim Kaat has found himself embroiled in controversy yet again ... this time, it's because he referred to New York Yankees star Nestor Cortes as "Nestor the Molester" during a broadcast.
83-year-old Kaat was providing color commentary for the Detroit Tigers vs. Minnesota Twins game on Thursday afternoon ... when he tried to offer some on-air praise to Cortes, who was pitching against the L.A. Angels in a game in New York at the same time.
Kaat made a reference to Twins pitcher Devin Smeltzer, who had just thrown a strike to Miguel Cabrera, and said, "That favorite pitcher, being kind of like Devin Smeltzer, 'Nestor the Molester!