Is Henry ‘haunted’ about his newspaper’s past, too?

lowell sun ^ | 9/15 | Peter lucas

[luke1825]

Boston Mayor Marty Walsh will most likely bow to Boston Red Sox owner John Henry and change the name of Yawkey Way.

Of that that there is little doubt. Henry has thrashed the late Tom Yawkey, the former longtime owner of the Red Sox for being an alleged racist over his long delay in hiring black baseball players when he owned the team from 1933 to 1976.

Henry, who is “haunted” by the Red Sox being the last team in baseball to hire a black player, wants Yawkey Way, a street by Fenway Park, renamed “David Ortiz Way” or “Big Papi Way” to honor a player of color.

And Marty Walsh cannot do it soon enough.

Why? Well, not only does Henry, 68, own

[IronJack]

How about Apologist Avenue? White Guilt Boulevard? PC Circle?

[pgkdan]

Just call it White Guilt Way. What a stupid cause to fight for. I sincerely believe leftism is a mental disorder. Or a least a symptom of deep underlying illness.

[Dr. Sivana]

SOMEone had to be the last team to get a black player!

[cgbg]

Let’s just rename all our streets Mugabe Lane—that would save a lot of time and money renaming them over and over on the road to perdition. :-(

[major-pelham]

When we were all much younger, folks spoke romantically of the Yawkey stewardship, including the Boston Globe. They tried, hard, to win, but they had to be in the league with the Yankees and it wasn’t very easy. Yawkey, a southerner form Louisville, inherited much cash and culture from his dad. His involvement with the Red Sox began 80 years ago. The new fad of holding oldsters to temporal, modern mores, is troubling. No one is ever going to be able differentiate the truth again.

[bert]

For clarity, remember that Boston is not America. Boston is Neoeuropa

[MGG]

I think the name should be “Mister Butch Way”. Those of us from the Boston 80’s Rock Scene recall Mister Butch as the homeless guy who made a living selling his “Mister Butch, the Unofficial Mayor of Kenmore Square.” The guy lives in a van to this day and never seemed to have a problem getting good looking girlfriends.