{"id":34527,"date":"2022-06-03T03:15:58","date_gmt":"2022-06-03T03:15:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/jim-kaat-uses-offensive-nickname-for-yankees-nestor-cortes\/"},"modified":"2022-06-03T03:15:58","modified_gmt":"2022-06-03T03:15:58","slug":"jim-kaat-uses-offensive-nickname-for-yankees-nestor-cortes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/jim-kaat-uses-offensive-nickname-for-yankees-nestor-cortes\/","title":{"rendered":"Jim Kaat uses offensive nickname for Yankees&#8217; Nestor Cortes"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>DETROIT &#8211; Minnesota Twins broadcaster Jim Kaat referred to New York Yankees left-hander Nestor Cortes as &#8220;Nestor the Molester&#8221; during a broadcast Thursday, the second offensive remark in the past year by the 83-year-old Hall of Fame pitcher while calling a game.<\/p>\n<p>As Minnesota&#8217;s Chris Archer struck out Detroit star Miguel Cabrera, Kaat began to explain that Cortes had become one of his favorite pitchers during a breakout season with New York.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c&#8217;Nestor the Molester,&#8217; Nestor Cortes,\u201d Kaat said.  &#8220;Angles and different speeds.  He&#8217;s a pitcher. &#8220;<\/p>\n<p>Cortes has affectionately become known as \u201cNasty Nestor\u201d by Yankees fans while going 5-1 with a 1.50 ERA to begin this season.  He pitched seven scoreless innings against the Los Angeles Angels on Thursday to win the first game of a doubleheader.<\/p>\n<p>Cortes and the Yankees were playing the Angels at night in the second game.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"\/>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><figcaption>Yankees pitcher Nestor Cortes reacts during the fifth inning of the first game of a doubleheader against the Angels.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">AP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/Mariners_Twins_Baseball.jpg?resize=1024%2C682&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Jim Kaat tips his hat to the crowd before throwing the ceremonial first pitch before a game between the Twins and Mariners, Friday, April 8, 2022, in Minneapolis.\" class=\"wp-image-22517085\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"\/><figcaption>Jim Kaat tips his hat to the crowd before throwing the ceremonial first pitch before a game between the Twins and Mariners in April.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">AP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Kaat, a longtime commentator who has also worked for the Yankees and MLB Network, apologized in October after saying teams should try to \u201cget a 40-acre field full of\u201d players who look like White Sox infielder Yo\u00e1n Moncada.<\/p>\n<p>His comment about Moncada reminded some viewers of the unfilled promise by the US government that freed slaves would receive 40 acres and a mule following the Civil War.  He apologized later in that game between the Astros and White Sox.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Earlier in the game when Yo\u00e1n 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,&#8221; he said.  &#8220;And I&#8217;m sorry for that.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>    .<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DETROIT &#8211; Minnesota Twins broadcaster Jim Kaat referred to New York Yankees left-hander Nestor Cortes as &#8220;Nestor the Molester&#8221; during a broadcast Thursday, the second offensive remark in the past year by the 83-year-old Hall of Fame pitcher while calling a game. 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