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I'm told the last one was too easy.

I don't think this one will be easy at all.

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Feb 2010 by John Sickels - 6 comments

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Easy one

That’s the USS Sickels. Docked along the Kansas River.

I’ll take a Sidd Finch retro. Thanks!

"Most overrated prospect in the minors." -- Bravesin07 on Madison Bumgarner

by criminal type on Feb 25, 2010 11:41 AM EST reply actions  

HMS Repulse

"Life is a horizontal fall" -Jean Cocteau

by King Richard on Feb 25, 2010 11:42 AM EST reply actions  

HMS Renown

Players who should be in the Hall of Fame: Pat TIllman, Dwight White, Donnie Shell, L.C. Greenwood, Ray Guy, Steve Tasker, Greg Llyod, Andy Russel, Cris Carter, Kevin Greene and Jerry Kramer
"the earth moves when Sean Payton walks...Because his balls are just that huge." Anarchon after Super Bowl XLIV
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by WVPiratesfan on Feb 25, 2010 11:49 AM EST reply actions  

Bah

Beat me by a few minutes, I was trying to track down which of the ships was most likely to be in whites. You’re probably right that it’s Renown, as she spent time as the royal yacht.

by OccamsRazor on Feb 25, 2010 12:03 PM EST up reply actions  

Renown

HMS Renown is the correct answer.

Knowledge of dreadnoughts is relatively common. Knowledge of pre-dreadnought battleships is less so. Good job.

Who do you want to see a retro on?

by John Sickels on Feb 25, 2010 12:30 PM EST up reply actions  

I just threw something out there

Oliver Perez is my choice for the Retro prospect

Players who should be in the Hall of Fame: Pat TIllman, Dwight White, Donnie Shell, L.C. Greenwood, Ray Guy, Steve Tasker, Greg Llyod, Andy Russel, Cris Carter, Kevin Greene and Jerry Kramer
"the earth moves when Sean Payton walks...Because his balls are just that huge." Anarchon after Super Bowl XLIV
Canal Street Chronicles resident Steelers Fan

by WVPiratesfan on Feb 25, 2010 1:33 PM EST up reply actions  

Hmmm

First poster is on the right track – it could be a Royal Sovereign – but I think the close proximity of the stacks (the Sovereigns were wider apart) and the wing bridge with the pilot house on top makes this a Centurion-class. Without any further knowledge it’s hard to say which, so I’ll go with HMS Centurion, though it could also be Barfleur or Renown.

by OccamsRazor on Feb 25, 2010 11:56 AM EST reply actions  

Diversity

Diversity is an old, old wooden ship used during the Civil War.

-Ron Burgandy

by Guyute on Feb 25, 2010 12:36 PM EST reply actions   1 recs

The SS Minnow?

"Daddy, is Hevan like BIRDLAND?"
"No son, Hevan is BIRDLAND."

by BENNY BIRDMAN on Feb 25, 2010 5:46 PM EST reply actions  

dude

did you really pick oliver perez of all people for “not a rookie”? i could think of at least 50 players off the top of my head who’d be a more interesting read than a report on someone in his late 20’s who peaked at 21 or 22 or whatever

Arman M.

by Alice in Chains on Feb 25, 2010 11:48 PM EST reply actions  

Yeah

I’d like to see Kevin Slowey, Jorge de la Rosa, Kevin Correia, or maybe Casey McGehee or Melky Cabrera.

by OccamsRazor on Feb 26, 2010 12:23 AM EST up reply actions  

It's not a Not A Rookie

It’s a Prospect Retro. Oliver Perez is a good candidate for a Retro since it would be interesting for John to pinpoint where things went wrong.

by Zabat on Feb 26, 2010 12:37 AM EST up reply actions  

I think I have an Idea on where it went wrong

he came off a great 2004 season and then in 2005 He couldn’t find a Arm slot he liked so he tried them all and none of them of worked then he kicked a cart after a game with St. Louis and broke a toe and missed two and half months. I don’t think he recovered from that Season and its mostly in his head and has nothing to do with his abiltiy, but I want to see if I am correct in that assumption

Players who should be in the Hall of Fame: Pat TIllman, Dwight White, Donnie Shell, L.C. Greenwood, Ray Guy, Steve Tasker, Greg Llyod, Andy Russel, Cris Carter, Kevin Greene and Jerry Kramer
"the earth moves when Sean Payton walks...Because his balls are just that huge." Anarchon after Super Bowl XLIV
Canal Street Chronicles resident Steelers Fan

by WVPiratesfan on Mar 1, 2010 1:06 AM EST up reply actions  

or d. price, j. kubel, b. upton, a. ethier

Arman M.

by Alice in Chains on Feb 26, 2010 12:31 AM EST reply actions  

b. upton?

so now we are shortening a name that is an acronym for a nickname?

by Zabat on Mar 1, 2010 7:23 PM EST up reply actions  

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