Nationals pitcher Cade Cavalli tells Willson Contreras 'sit down, boy', benches clear
Here's Cade Cavalli striking out Willson Contreras and screaming "sit down boy!" at him. Really nice and a great week for it. Does Manfred 1) do the obvious thing or 2) do nothing because he doesn't want a Turning Point spokesman to do a viral tweet about how he won't watch baseball anymore
Dana Bacon618Omg that didn't take long...
Alex Kirshner186Idk Cavalli's beliefs but I think he should pick a different thing to yell at the non-white, Latino player across from him. At best someone's gotta tell him to be smarter for his own sake. Contreras has seven years of service time on him. Don't pick an insult that's at best a tossup of being evil!
At some point all these racists understand is getting their faces pounded in
Kevin Casey138It really is a shame that pitchers don’t bat anymore.
David Shepherd138Cavalli should have been tossed without a doubt. Total BS, the league needs to right this wrong but I'm not holding my breath. Nats catcher is also Venezuelan and hopefully called Cavalli out for that bush league slur
Marco88Baseball has a white trash problem, and always has.
Ken Tremendous268If that is what he indeed said, the person who should get suspended for this is Cavalli, and since this is baseball, that will likely not happen.
April Glick Pulito25hey so I do hope the nationals lose every game for the rest of the season hope this helps
Josh Spiegel13Hard to say baseball is a great sport when shit like this happens.
Peter Nickeas12Can't believe you can say this, and get caught on a mic, and everyone including the announcers and hearing it, and then stay in the game. One of the Boston announcers said "You get tossed for helmet tapping after a check swing but not for saying that" and the other didn't seem to understand
Martha Smith7If we know one thing about Rob Manfred it's that he wakes up every day ready to make baseball more white and less popular.
Sara6this is how ESPN is trying to spin this like we all can’t hear the difference between “bro” and “boy”
Austin 🚎4Reason 1000 why I'm not a pro athlete is that I would've tried to break that catcher's nose for standing up for that kinda racism... I know players say pretty heinous stuff to each other but you can't shout that for the whole stadium to hear
Acornloaf4Not sure where ESPN got "bro" from. That would also be a weird thing to yell at that moment.
Posthuman Postma'am3Let him swing on him! These fuckass white boys never learn because they never meet the people’s elbow
ben stas2really blood-boiling stuff on a day with no shortage of that. sox gotta avenge this tomorrow
Nationals pitcher Cade Cavalli screams 'Sit down, boy!' at Red Sox 1B Wilson Contreras upon striking him out. Brouhaha ensues and benches clear. Contreras is ejected from the game. Cavalli is not. Protesting a racist epithet gets you thrown out, but throw the racist epithet and you get off free.
@aubergenius231OB and Will in the NESN booth have repeated Cavalli's taunt of Contreras, in that kind of 'whaddyaknow' tone that signals 'This is bullshit!' without specifically saying 'This is bullshit!' because they can't. Maybe Cavalli will be sanctioned by MLB, but I doubt it. I hate these John Rocker fucks.
Dr. Nguyen Van Thoc6My first instinct was well let’s not jump to conclusions, he might not even know the connotation with “boy,” maybe he’s just being a standard idiot…. And then i found out he’s from Oklahoma and wellllllllll i mean..🤷🏼♂️
rosemarykel.bsky.social5He needs to have consequences for his comment. Completely unacceptable
quick-geezer.bsky.social4There may be more to come about this incident. I hope so.
Gary S🏌🏾♂️🇨🇦3Fucking racist piece of shit.
💪🏼 Katie recruiter@Antifa2Can’t wait to hear Blake Butera at a press conference “only there to talk about baseball” like super douche Buster Posey 🤦♀️
I don't advocate any form of violence or fighting. And I don't know what the intent of Washington Nationals pitcher Cade Cavalli. But I do know this: if you call the wrong black or brown man "Boy," you might get your behind kicked. It's not 1950 anymore. www.mediaite.com/media/sports...
Dave Dewey 📎🇺🇦🇵🇸5Cavalli needs to be suspended and fined. He’s a racist asshole.
Autistic License5Cade was very brave when there were 40 guys on the field holding Contreras back. MLB needs to suspend Cavalli
TheValuesVoter4Also, of all the cities in America on which to play for a team while being involved in a controversy with racial overtones, Washington DC is the worst place to get yourself into such a controversy. One of the blackest cities in America surrounded by two of the blackest states in America.
Snootacamund3Delete wrong. If you call someone boy you are probably in for a deserved beating.
Linda 5682He really is quite the asshole.
The Grateful Cub2It wasn't just a "Venezuelan" player. It was Willson Contreras, who once demanded to stay in the game - catching - after getting beaned. Cavalli's ass would have been the least of his concerns had Willson gotten even 10 seconds of him.
We all need to be reaching out and demanding Cade Cavalli be suspended
KD Casey — Read Breakout Year Today!14for people who want to contact the nationals: [email protected] — helps to be a season plan holder/nats plus member, but if you've ever bought tickets to a game (or are thinking about buying tickets) that works
JB1Email written. Is there an MLB account I should be CC-ing?
Michele1Done. Thanks for making me aware of this disgusting incident. I emailed the Nationals.
Things get heated at Fenway after Cade Cavalli tells Willson Contreras to "sit down boy" after striking him out. Benches clear and Contreras hurls his helmet. Contreras and Eaton were ejected for the #RedSox, Mikolas was ejected for the #Nationals
Barrenlens23I mean, I'm not saying Wilson isn't a head case. He is. But if you're calling another player "boy" (particularly a person of color) I'm not shocked when that causes problems. Pretty dick move.
Petal Lu Ⓥ 💚🌱💙🌎6That was a racist comment!!!
Matt the Dad (suboptimal)5so wait, Cavalli was not ejected?
Jane51You're a white guy from Oklahoma, you can't be talking like that.
🖤♡Amanda♡🖤20Holy shit. I would have knocked him on his ass too for that
Shana14I went to look at his stats because clearly someone that cocky would be a monster on the mound and found that wonderful little wiki entry.
DFAntastic14In a just world Contreras gets a free swing (w/ his bat.)
Christian!10Yeah he clearly said “sit down boy” Willson deserved a swing
Dctrojan9I feel like Contreras should get a free shot at Cavalli for that tbh
"Hollywood" Ben Hogan8Hey this guy can eat shit
Andy Karlson6So that dude is RACIST racist, holy moley
Lady Disdain (she/her)6You have my axe. Jesus fucking Christ.
Diana 💚☘️🏀5Fuck Cade Cavalli Stupid ass name
Note that FIFA is kicking players out of #WorldCup games for covering their mouths in confrontational situations. Baseball, though, will almost certainly take no steps to discipline Cade Cavalli for this.
jar jar binks enthusiást (Atreyu Sucks)6Imagine being worse than motherfucking FIFA on an issue like this. Wild.
Doug2Conversely, I’m fairly confident MLB will suspend Contreras for rushing the mound and attempting an attack 😒
Kristina of ⭐️⭐️1Apparently he said it again to another player later in the game too with no consequences. How FIFA could possibly be more willing to fight this than MLB I don’t get.
