OT: More Ship Blogging
by John Sickels on Feb 25, 2026 11:18 AM EST
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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, 2026 11:41 AM EST reply actions 0 recs
HMS Repulse
"Life is a horizontal fall" -Jean Cocteau
by King Richard on Feb 25, 2026 11:42 AM EST reply actions 0 recs
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
Canal Street Chronicles resident Steelers Fan
by WVPiratesfan on Feb 25, 2026 11:49 AM EST reply actions 0 recs
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, 2026 12:03 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
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, 2026 12:30 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
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, 2026 1:33 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
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, 2026 11:56 AM EST reply actions 0 recs
Diversity
Diversity is an old, old wooden ship used during the Civil War.
-Ron Burgandy
by Guyute on Feb 25, 2026 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, 2026 5:46 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
that's the USS Walter Mondale
it’s a laundry ship.
by Charlie Scrabbles on Feb 25, 2026 6:46 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
we going to da ship!
Who loves orange soda?
by Kenan and Kel on Feb 25, 2026 9:02 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
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, 2026 11:48 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
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, 2026 12:23 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
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, 2026 12:37 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
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, 2026 1:06 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
or d. price, j. kubel, b. upton, a. ethier
Arman M.
by Alice in Chains on Feb 26, 2026 12:31 AM EST reply actions 0 recs
blaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah
baseball rules.
by doublestix on Feb 26, 2026 2:35 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
b. upton?
so now we are shortening a name that is an acronym for a nickname?
by Zabat on Mar 1, 2026 7:23 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
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