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Jul 24, 2022 · July 24th, 2022. Bill Ladson. @ ladsonbill24. COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. -- The wait is finally over. Thirty-nine years after he played his final big league game, Jim Kaat is a Hall of Famer. He was inducted on Sunday, seven months after the Golden Days Era Committee made him a baseball immortal.
About Jim Kaat. For parts of four decades, Jim Kaat used every strategy and skill at his disposal to win big league baseball games. “I never wanted to do anything but play baseball," Kaat said. Born Nov. 7, 1938 in Zeeland, Mich., Kaat studied speech and journalism while playing baseball at Hope College before signing with the Washington ...
Written by: Craig Muder. For parts of four decades, Jim Kaat used every strategy and skill at his disposal to win big league baseball games. Today, after more than 50 years in the game as a player, coach and broadcaster, Kaat finds himself on the cusp of Cooperstown – thanks to 283 wins achieved over the course of a remarkably consistent career.
Dec 7, 2021 · December 7th, 2021. Mike Lupica. @ MikeLupica. Jim Kaat, whose great baseball career and great baseball life has now been honored by the Golden Days Era Committee, was talking about that baseball life on Tuesday morning, and looking back, because I’ve asked him to. “I like to think I’m a lot like our game,” Kaat said. “I don’t live in the past.
Jim Kaat, sitting in the Hall of Fame’s Plaque Gallery surrounded by the bronze images of his new teammates, had finally reached the sport’s pinnacle after eight decades in the game. The emotions flowed easily. “This is humbling,” is how Kaat described his feelings.
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Jul 19, 2022 · Jim Kaat: An ace from the start. Twins 600191475. Jim Kaat: An ace from the start. The Twins pitcher, who had a reputation for longevity, durability and dependability, will enter the...
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