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Around 5AM this morning, Boston Mayor
Marty Walsh sent out one of his Public Works crews to stealthily switch street signs at Fenway Park from
"Yawkey Way" to
"Jersey Street". Thus,
the change has become official. It took just 45 minutes to erase 45 years of Red Sox team history. After Red Sox owner
John Henry requested the change, it was rubber-stamped by the city's
"Boston Public Improvement Commission". Despite substantial public and fan opposition, the eradication of the Yawkey name is now final—at least around the ballpark. Word is that the MBTA will re-brand its "Yawkey" T stop near the park as well. The name survives on buildings at the
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and, of course, at the philanthropic
Yawkey Foundations.
