Nationals’ Cade Cavalli Apologizes For ‘Sit Down, Boy’ Taunt to Red Sox’s Willson Contreras

Washington Nationals pitcher Cade Cavalli apologized Wednesday for shouting “sit down, boy!” at Boston Red Sox first baseman Willson Contreras while instigating a benches’ clearing scrum a night earlier. “I’m extremely torn up about the way that things were perceived,” Cavalli said before the Nationals beat the Red Sox 10-2. “Obviously, there was no ill intention behind that.” Cavalli shouted at Contreras after striking him out looking with a full-count pitch in the fourth inning of the Nationals’ 8-1 victory over the Red Sox. The term “boy” has a racist history in the United States. Contreras, who is Venezuelan, demurred…