Updated at 11:40 a.m. ET Boston's "Yawkey Way" will be renamed "Jersey Street." The Boston Red Sox have won their bid to change the name of the tiny, two-block street outside Fenway Park. Team owners say the change is needed to distance themselves from a history marred by racism under the late, former owner Tom Yawkey, who was known for his philanthropy, but also for his historically racist ball club. The Boston Public Improvement Commission voted unanimously Thursday to approve the name change. The team's current owners have said they're still haunted by Yawkey's legacy, and they asked for the street to be renamed to distance themselves from the team's checkered past. The Yawkey Foundations, which advocated keeping the name, called Thursday a "sad day" and said the effort to change the name "has been based on a false narrative about his life." "Tom Yawkey deserved to have his name live on at Fenway Park," a statement from the Yawkey Foundations read. "We can't change today's decision,
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