‘Haunted’ by past owner's history, Red Sox seek name change for Yawkey Way

Boston Herald ^ | 8/18/2017 | Michael Silverman

[Puppage]

The Red Sox have had enough.

At a moment when racial tensions have escalated rapidly and the removal of Confederate statues acts as a flashpoint for violent and racially divisive protests, the Red Sox are ready to start taking down a symbol of their own racially tainted history.

[Puppage]

This silliness needs to stop.

[Red Badger]

Well, they didn’t have any Confederate statues to destroy, so they felt left out.........................

[DoughtyOne]

Red Sox?

Wow...

The timidity is strong with these folks.

[matt04]

They were the last team to intregrate. Better just shit down the whole operation, level the park and make it into a peace park. /s

[Puppage]

Well, they didn’t have any Confederate statues to destroy, so they felt left out.........................

LOL. True, but they have a bunch of Revolutionary statues to consider.

[TigerClaws]

“First they came for the Confederate statues and I said nothing...”

Just in the last couple days we’ve seen added to the list of those to be given the Trotsky treatment:

1. Lincoln
2. Thomas Jefferson
3. George Washington
4. Christopher Columbus
5. Taney, former SCOTUS chief
6. Stephen Foster, songwriter

But for the musical, Hamilton would be on that list. Leftists believe he was gay, so that might overcome his slave owning.

[I want the USA back]

I reject the idea that people living today are guilty for the actions of people who have died, even if the dead ones belonged to an organization with the same name as people living today.

[BookmanTheJanitor]

NOW it bothers him??? How convenient.

[pgkdan]

Sheer idiocy...BUT it is Boston after all.

[FreeReign]

Weren't the Red Sox one of the 16 MLB teams that didn't allow "colored" baseball players?

Maybe the Sox should chang their name or better yet disband the franchise.

/concern

[dfwgator]

I joked on another thread, but now I’m not so sure if it’s a joke anymore, that in Philadelphia, they are going to remove the “Rocky” statue, because he beat up a black man.

[Mears]

“Sheer idiocy...BUT it is Boston after all.”

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John Henry is NOT a Bostonian.

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[nopardons]

Stephen Foster...REALLY ?

I didn't think that anyone even knew who he was, anymore.

[A_Former_Democrat]

Oh for gawd’s sakes

Insanity traced to obsessive buttkissing

[TigerClaws]

http://www.post-gazette.com/local/city/2017/08/18/Stephen-Foster-statue-Pittsburgh-racist-offensive-american-songwriter-african-american-charlottesville/stories/201708180140

[Vlad The Inhaler]

Next Week In The News:

Lefitsts demand that the word "black" be eliminated from usage by whites and other non-African Americans. They propose that any non-African American uttering or writing the word be punished with a fine and a mandatory prison sentence.

Democtrats and other leftists are also demanding that Crayola eliminate the black crayon and that manufacturers of permanent markers stop manufacturing black markers.

Still under discussion are various ways to eliminate black cats. The most popular proposal is one that calls for the humane trapping of all black cats and dying them different colors.

[CaptainAmiigaf]

This silliness is just getting underway.`Someone will soon notice the the United States $1.00,$10.00,$20.00 bills are adorned with pictures of one-time SLAVE OWNERS.
There will be a demand for a NEW currency issue with all existing bills to be turned in by a stated dead-line.
Those turning in long saved “nest eggs” above a certain amount will have to account for the possession of such large amounts of “hidden cash”.
REDEEMING CENTERS will be well manned with clerks and IRS accountants.

[subterfuge]

There isn’t a more racist city than Boston

[Lean-Right]

Didn’t Obama liken himself to Lincoln?
Those offended by anything “Confederate”
need a history lesson.

[ZagFan]

If he’s in the Baseball Hall of Fame they must have a plaque or statue displayed there. Shouldn’t the HOF remove those and kick this “racist” out?u