MASHANTUCET, Conn. -- The Red Sox are getting closer to a resolution to rename Yawkey Way, president Sam Kennedy said at Foxwoods Casino last night.
Speaking to reporters before Winter Weekend kicked off, Kennedy said the team is in active conversations with the city of Boston to rename the street, which is controversially named after former Red Sox owner Tom Yawkey.
The Red Sox have been alarmed by Yawkey’s legacy of racial exclusion, given his team was the last to integrate in 1959, 12 years after Jackie Robinson first played.
“We’re talking to our neighbors and city council members, we have to have a sponsor of our petition so we’re engaged in those discussions right now and would anticipate a petition being filed,” Kennedy said.