Longtime MLB announcer Jim Kaat referred to New York Yankees star Nestor Cortes as 'Nestor the Molester' during a broadcast Thursday.
-- Cortes just revealed Kaat gave him a call following his comment on Thursday, and apologized for the remark."We all make mistakes and [I] feel 100% there was no malice intended," Cortes said."I plan on lifting him up with this tweet and I hope others do too. No sweat here Jim!"has found himself embroiled in controversy yet again ...
this time, it's because he referred to New York Yankees star83-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.