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Matt Calkins

Matt Calkins: Which sports figures would Seattle fans cheer — and boo — the loudest?

SEATTLE — The cheers were far more plentiful than the boos during All-Star Week, but the latter may have been louder.

Seattle sports superstars such as Ken Griffey Jr., Edgar Martinez, Bobby Wagner, Marshawn Lynch, Felix Hernandez and the three Mariners All-Stars all earned warm greetings at some point during the festivities, but their receptions may not have been as boisterous as the jeers aimed at Astros representatives.

And it got me thinking: If anybody were introduced or shown on the big screen at a Seattle sports event, who would be applauded most enthusiastically, and who would be hissed at most viciously? Here's a two-way list.

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