As a sport so steeped with history and tradition, baseball is delicate when it comes to change. Even so, the Boston Red Sox are reportedly working on moving away from a name that was long attached to the franchise -- Yawkey.

According to the Boston Herald, the Boston Red Sox are looking to change the name of Yawkey Way, the street the runs alongside Fenway Park that acts as a welcoming market place for fans on game days.

From the Herald:

The Yawkey name is deeply entrenched in Red Sox lore. But nowadays, it represents a less-desirable aspect of the team's past. Yawkey was famously resistant to the signing of African American players, including the team's choice to pass a prospective player named Jackie Robinson (who famously went on to break the color barrier with the Brooklyn Dodgers).

Instead, the Red Sox went on to become the last team in the majors to break the color barrier with the signing of Pumpsie Green in 1959.

The Red Sox have been active in street naming as of late. Just this spring, they renamed a street named Fenway "David Ortiz Drive."

Yawkey Way, however, is another issue, as it is a public road owned by the city.

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Race is a delicate topic when it comes to Boston sports. As the Adam Jones "n-word" incident earlier this year showed, the city still has a reputation for being less welcoming to minorities -- particularly when it comes to sports.

Such reputations do not go away easily. For now, it appears that the Red Sox are looking to be proactive in changing it, starting with their own legacy and the way it is viewed in the city.