NorthCarolinaLiberty
08-18-2017, 06:12 AM
Excerpt from article:
Red Sox principal owner John Henry, saying he’s still “haunted” by the racist legacy of his legendary predecessor Tom Yawkey, told the Herald that his franchise welcomes renaming Yawkey Way. The Sox, he said, should take the lead in the process of rebranding the Jersey Street extension outside Fenway Park that was renamed to honor the former owner in 1977.
Yawkey’s legacy as owner from 1933-76, and then by his widow Jean Yawkey and the Yawkey Trust until Henry bought the team in 2002, was as complicated as it was lengthy.
http://www.bostonherald.com/sports/red_sox/2017/08/haunted_by_past_owners_history_red_sox_seek_name_c hange_for_yawkey_way
The beef is that the Boston Red Sox were the last team to integrate with black players. All teams however, integrated in about one decade, a relatively short period of time in baseball history. Boston just happened to be the last.
The other beef is that the Red Sox declined to sign Jackie Robinson. It's another nonsense argument because there were 15 other teams that also passed on Robinson.
My opinion is that current owner Henry is a shallow and egotistical man who has been obsessed with this for years. My theory is that he is actually "haunted" by his jealousy of previous owner Yawkey, who is one of a handful of owners in the Baseball Hall of Fame.
Red Sox principal owner John Henry, saying he’s still “haunted” by the racist legacy of his legendary predecessor Tom Yawkey, told the Herald that his franchise welcomes renaming Yawkey Way. The Sox, he said, should take the lead in the process of rebranding the Jersey Street extension outside Fenway Park that was renamed to honor the former owner in 1977.
Yawkey’s legacy as owner from 1933-76, and then by his widow Jean Yawkey and the Yawkey Trust until Henry bought the team in 2002, was as complicated as it was lengthy.
http://www.bostonherald.com/sports/red_sox/2017/08/haunted_by_past_owners_history_red_sox_seek_name_c hange_for_yawkey_way
The beef is that the Boston Red Sox were the last team to integrate with black players. All teams however, integrated in about one decade, a relatively short period of time in baseball history. Boston just happened to be the last.
The other beef is that the Red Sox declined to sign Jackie Robinson. It's another nonsense argument because there were 15 other teams that also passed on Robinson.
My opinion is that current owner Henry is a shallow and egotistical man who has been obsessed with this for years. My theory is that he is actually "haunted" by his jealousy of previous owner Yawkey, who is one of a handful of owners in the Baseball Hall of Fame.