Jim Kaat apologizes for 'insensitive atlanta braves replica jersey and hurtful' comments about Yoan Moncada on Astros vs. White Sox broadcast
October 8, 2021
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Former MLB pitcher and current commentator Jim Kaat is under fire for comments he made about White Sox third baseman Yoan Moncada during the broadcast of the White Sox vs. Astros ALDS game.
While on the broadcast, Kaat and former manager Buck Showalter were talking about Moncada, with Kaat saying that everybody who talks about Moncada says he "should be a star, a atlanta braves jersey kids cheap 10 n All-Star," to which Showalter responded that "That's what they loDKNY Sport ok like."
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Kaat apologized during the fifth inning of the broadcast.
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The comments drew swift condemnation online.