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Kaat also writes a weekly on-line blog for the Yankees ( YES ) Network, Kaat's Korner, and contributes video blogs and interviews regularly with national and international media outlets.
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Kaat also set a 20th Century record by playing during the administrations of seven U. S. Presidents-Dwight D. Eisenhower, John F. Kennedy, Lyndon B. Johnson, Richard M. Nixon, Gerald R. Ford, Jr., Jimmy Carter, and Ronald Reagan.
Kaat also covered three World Series Trophy presentations for CBS ( 1990 – 1992 ).
His final appearance in the booth was to be a Yankee – Red Sox game on September 15, 2006 ( Kaat was also set to throw out the first pitch ).
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Brooks Robinson has the most wins as a third baseman, with 16 Gold Gloves, and is tied for the second-highest total overall with pitcher Jim Kaat, who won his 16 awards consecutively.
He won 16 consecutive Gold Glove Awards during his career, tied with pitcher Jim Kaat for the second most all-time for any player at any position.
James Lee " Jim " Kaat ( born November 7, 1938 ), nicknamed " Kitty ", is a former pitcher in Major League Baseball for the Washington Senators / Minnesota Twins ( 1959 – 1973 ), Chicago White Sox ( 1973 – 1975 ), Philadelphia Phillies ( 1976 – 1979 ), New York Yankees ( 1979 – 1980 ), and St. Louis Cardinals ( 1980 – 1983 ).
Following a brief retirement in 2006, Jim Kaat was back in the broadcast booth calling Pool D for the 2009 World Baseball Classic in Puerto Rico, called games for NESN in 2009 ( as a replacement for Jerry Remy ), and currently calls games for the MLB Network as of the 2012 season.
Kaat attended Hope College in Holland, Michigan, and pitched for the Flying Dutchmen baseball team, before being signed by the Washington Senators as an amateur free agent in 1957.
Kaat was an All-Star three times (,, ), and won the Gold Glove Award for defensive skill a record 16 consecutive times ( 1962 – 1977 ).
Kaat used the same baseball glove for 15 seasons.
When Pete Rose took over in as the Reds ' player / manager, he made good on a promise to Kaat, his former Philadelphia Phillies teammate, and hired the former hurler for his coaching staff.
In 1986, Kaat was the backup annnouncer for NBC's coverage of baseball with Phil Stone ( for the April 19 Minnesota-California contest ) and Jay Randolph ( the July 14 Cincinnati-Atlanta contest ).
From –, Kaat served as an analyst for CBS television, teaming with Dick Stockton and then, Greg Gumbel in.
Besides calling four American League Championship Series for CBS ( 1990 – 1993 ), Kaat served as a field reporter with Lesley Visser ( 1990 – 1992 ) and Andrea Joyce ( 1991 ) during the World Series.
" There was talk that if Kaat's laryngitis did not get better, Don Drysdale was going to replace Kaat on TV for Game 3 while Bench would continue to work on CBS Radio.
" Also in, Kaat called the American League playoffs with Brent Musburger for ABC including the Yankees – Seattle Mariners Division Series.
Despite his decreased work load, Kaat won another Emmy for on-air achievement in 2006.
Kaat later announced that he was going to record a special farewell message to the fans, but would not return for any additional broadcasts.
In, Kaat joined the recently launched MLB Network as a color commentator for their Thursday Night Baseball series.
From 1997 – 2005, Kaat won 7 Emmy Awards for excellence in sports broadcasting:
* 1995-96 New York Emmy Award for ' Outstanding Live Sports Coverage, Single Program, Dwight Gooden's No Hitter ', Jim Kaat, Analyst, May 14, 1996, MSG Network ;
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Although Kaat would pitch a few games a year out of the bullpen, he was primarily a starting pitcher until, when he became a relief pitcher in a season in which he split time between the Philadelphia Phillies and New York Yankees.
After his retirement from calling Yankees games full-time, Kaat has made several single-game appearances on various networks.
Kaat made a special one-inning appearance, during the third inning, on the YES Network on June 30, 2008 during a Yankees – Rangers game.
* 1996-97 New York Emmy Award for ‘ Outstanding Live Sports Coverage, The Battle of New York: Yankees vs. Mets ’, New York Yankees Baseball, Jim Kaat, Announcer, June 16, 1997, MSG Network ;
* 1997-98 New York Emmy Award for ‘ Outstanding Live Sports Coverage-Single Program: Professional ; David Wells Perfect Game, NY Yankees Baseball, Jim Kaat Commentator, MSG Network ;
* 1997-98 New York Emmy Award for ‘ Outstanding Live Sports Coverage-Series-Professional ’, NY Yankees Baseball, Jim Kaat, Commentator, MSG Network ;
* 1999-00 New York Emmy Award for ‘ Outstanding Live Sports Coverage-Series ’, NY Yankees, Jim Kaat, Announcer, April 13, 1999, MSG Network ;
* 2004-05 New York Emmy Award for ‘ Live Sports Coverage: Single Program ( Professional )’, NY Yankees Baseball-2005 Opening Night, Jim Kaat, Talent, YES Network ;
* Jim Kaat: Yankees color announcer ( left for YES Network ; now analyst with MLB Network
But fortified by young players such as Hall of Famer Harmon Killebrew, Jim Kaat, Zoilo Versalles and Bob Allison, the Twins challenged the powerful New York Yankees in before placing second.
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* 2004-05 New York Emmy Award for ‘ On-camera Achievement ( Sports ): Analysis / Commentary in a Sportscast, Jim Kaat, YES Network ;
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Jim Kaat's third wife, MaryAnn Kaat, died in July 2008 after 22 years of marriage.
Williams had batted against Kaat the final day of the 1959 season, Kaat's rookie year.
" There was talk that if Kaat's laryngitis did not get better, Don Drysdale was going to replace Kaat on TV for Game 3 while Bench would continue to work on CBS Radio.
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Originally assigned to the network's # 2 crew ( and therefore, work with Jim Kaat ), he was promoted at practically the last minute after Brent Musburger was fired on April Fools Day of 1990.
Jim Kaat had 10 votes, and Gil Hodges and Minnie Minoso were tied with 9 votes.
Orsillo worked with 26 different partners starting in Spring Training 2009, including Frank Viola, Ken Ryan, Jim Kaat, Gordon Edes, Bob Montgomery, Dwight Evans, Brian Daubach, Buck Martinez, Ron Coomer, Rance Mulliniks, Sean Casey, Rex Hudler and numerous sports writers.
In his debut with Kansas City on July 23, 1964, Campaneris hit two home runs, the first coming on the first pitch thrown to him by Jim Kaat.
In 1990, Allison helped found the Bob Allison Ataxia Research Center at the University of Minnesota along with his wife Betty, sons Mark, Kirk, and Kyle, and former Twins ' teammates Jim Kaat and Frank Quilici.
Over the course of Game 2 of the 1992 ALCS, Kaat was stricken with a bad case of laryngitis.
In an on-air broadcast on September 10, with booth partner Ken Singleton, Kaat acknowledged his plan to end his broadcasting career.
However, the following day, Kaat did announce one full inning of the first game of Saturday September 16's doubleheader on Fox along with Tim McCarver and Josh Lewin.
Battey would team with future Hall of Famer Harmon Killebrew, future MVP Zoilo Versalles, and All-Stars Bob Allison, Camilo Pascual, and Jim Kaat to form the nucleus of a pennant-winning team in Minnesota.
In 1978 ( following a two-year stint calling NFL games for NBC ), he joined CBS full-time, and from then until 1994 covered a variety of sports for that network, including the NFL, the NBA ( for which Stockton was the lead play-by-play man from 1981-1990 ), Major League Baseball ( with Jim Kaat from 1990-1992.
Over the course of Game 2, Jim Kaat was stricken with a bad case of laryngitis.
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