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Boston Red Sox: Top 5 Best name replacements for Yawkey Way

By Evan Marinofsky

BOSTON, MA - APRIL 3: Fans walk down Yawkey Way before the opening day game between the Boston Red Sox and the Pittsburgh Pirates at Fenway Park on April 3, 2017 in Boston, Massachusetts. (Photo by Maddie Meyer/Getty Images)
BOSTON, MA - APRIL 3: Fans walk down Yawkey Way before the opening day game between the Boston Red Sox and the Pittsburgh Pirates at Fenway Park on April 3, 2017 in Boston, Massachusetts. (Photo by Maddie Meyer/Getty Images) /
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FT. MYERS, FL – MARCH 2: Boston Red Sox legend Johnny Pesky signs some autographs prior to the game against the Minnesota Twins on March 2, 2008 at City of Palms Park in Ft. Myers, Florida. (Photo by J. Meric/Getty Images)
FT. MYERS, FL – MARCH 2: Boston Red Sox legend Johnny Pesky signs some autographs prior to the game against the Minnesota Twins on March 2, 2008 at City of Palms Park in Ft. Myers, Florida. (Photo by J. Meric/Getty Images) /

5. Pesky Way

There is arguably no one more beloved and revered in Red Sox nation than Johnny Pesky.

Pesky had a solid playing career with the Red Sox that included a .313 batting average, 867 runs, a .394 on-base percentage and one all star appearance. And if he hadn’t lost three years with the Red Sox due to serving in World War II, his numbers would have been even better.

However, his service to the team was as special as it got. Pesky was a true Red Sox at heart, as he served the team in multiple capacities for 61 years all the way up until his death in 2012. During his life with the team, Pesky was everything at some point: a player, coach, manager, announcer, spokesperson, and an all-around ambassador.

A true Red Sox legend.

His name is certainly notable enough to name one of the most important streets at Fenway after. If you ask any Fenway-goer what the name of the right field pole is, 99% of them would say it’s the “Pesky Pole”. Pesky was infamous for wrapping his only home runs right around the right field foul pole.

In contrast, the pole in left field is supposed to be called the “Fisk Pole” for Carlton Fisk‘s famous home run in Game Six of the 1975 World Series.

Nobody calls it that.

Pesky is a well-known name known by generations of Red Sox fans, including this current one. He is an example of pure class and is a model Red Sox. He should be in serious contention for this street.

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