On Thursday, Jim Kaat called Nestor Cortes "Nestor the molester."
On Friday, Cortes was ready to let it slide.
The New York Yankees pitcher wrote on Twitter that Kaat had reached out to him to apologize and that he's "100%" convinced that the Minnesota Twins broadcaster and former MLB player didn't mean any harm.
"Hey everybody — Jim Kaat has spent an entire lifetime in this game we love," Cortes wrote. "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% that there was no malice intended.