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BOSTON (WBZNewsRadio) - Changes are coming on Jersey Street next spring. The Boston Red Sox have announced a 10-year partnership with Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company.
MassMutual will become the team's "signature sponsor" starting next season. It's company logo will be worn on the sleeves of player jerseys.
"The Red Sox jersey is one of the most visible and central representations of the club, and it was important to us for the partner featured on it to have a deep understanding and appreciation for this region and community," Red Sox CEO Sam Kennedy said. "MassMutual is the perfect match for us because they have strong Massachusetts roots and an appetite similar to our own to collaborate well beyond the jersey patch."
Beyond the patch is the plan to expand the Fenway Park Learning Lab, beginning in April 2023. The program was piloted this year with Boston Public Schools, bringing students to Fenway and utilizing the baseball experience as a classroom.
"How better to learn math than by thinking about the distance, height, and speed a ball must travel to clear that Monster. Seeing science in action at our fabulous and productive Fenway Farms and learning about energy efficiency from our solar panel system. the options are just limitless." Said Linda Henry, a Red Sox Foundation board member.
Their goal is to provide enough support to give all sixth grade students in the Boston Public Schools system lab access.
"The Red Sox and MassMutual each share a long and stored history in Massachusetts. For more than a century, we've been invited into many of the same homes, served many of the same families, and helped expand opportunities for many in the same cities and towns across New England and the nation," said MassMutual Chairman, President, and CEO Roger Crandall. "Now we are thrilled to come together and partner with an organization that will not only help us dramatically expand our efforts to reach more people, but also shares the same enduring sense of interdependence, teamwork, and community."
WBZ's Chris Fama (@CFamaWBZ) reports
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