Red Sox slugger Willson Contreras offers emotional apology for role in bench-clearing incidents

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Boston Red Sox first baseman Willson Contreras issued an emotional apology for his involvement in recent bench-clearing incidents. Contreras is appealing a seven-game suspension handed down by Major League Baseball.

Boston Red Sox first baseman Willson Contreras offered an emotional apology for his involvement in a pair of bench-clearing incidents against the New York Yankees and Washington Nationals this past week. Contreras, who is appealing the seven-game suspension he received from Major League Baseball for his part in a heated dispute with Nationals pitcher Cade Cavalli Tuesday night, had just finished addressing reporters about his All-Star snub when he continued to speak through his interpreter in Spanish.