When Ken Griffey Jr. returned to Seattle as a Cincinnati Red for the first time in 2007, eight years after his messy departure from the Mariners, he admitted he was petrified that his reception was going to be negative.
Instead, it was overwhelmingly positive, such a lovefest that it played a major factor in convincing Griffey to re-sign with the Mariners two years later.
Richard Sherman is as complex and fascinating an athlete as we’ve had in Seattle since Griffey, albeit in different ways. He always made you think, he challenged your preconceived notions (with glee, usually), he unfailingly spoke his mind — and he could certainly make you wince at times.