<P> In light of his request to change the name of Yawkey Way, some Massachusetts lawmakers have suggested that Henry remove Mr. and Mrs. Yawkey's initials written in morse code from the scoreboard on the left field wall . Newton Democrat Ruth Balser, co-sponsor of a bill to study the renaming of Yawkey Station, said, "I would hope that the Red Sox organization would consider that, as they consider supporting a change to the street ." In an August 2017 email, Red Sox spokesperson Zineb Curran wrote about removing the initials, "Our current efforts are focused on petitioning the city to change the street name ." </P> <P> In April 2018, when reverting the Yawkey Way name to Jersey Street was approved, the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) stated that it will also rename the nearby Yawkey commuter rail station, which is a stop on the Framingham / Worcester Line . </P> <P> It has been noted that Jersey Street, named in the late 1850s, is a reference to the sixth Earl of Jersey, George Augustus Frederick Child Villiers, who profited from the British slave trade . </P>

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