Yawkey, Make Way For Jersey Street

FORT MYERS, Fla. — Say hello, again, to Jersey Street.And goodbye to Yawkey Way.In a move meant to distance the Red Sox from an ugly blot of their history, the team announced it has formally applied to change the name of the street on which it resides in Fenway Park.The Sox petitioned the Boston Public Improvement Commission to request that Yawkey Way become Jersey Street, by which it was originally known.