RIP SkippyPB

[mwhaught]

Greetings all. Old timers here may remember me (mwhaught). I received word this morning that SkippyPB lost his long battle with COPD last night. May he rest on peace. I have many fond memories talking boxing and attending fights with Steve. He was a great guy.

[5***@gmail.com]

Post by mwhaught
Greetings all. Old timers here may remember me (mwhaught). I received word this morning that SkippyPB lost his long battle with COPD last night. May he rest on peace. I have many fond memories talking boxing and attending fights with Steve. He was a great guy.

Damn! Just the kind of news I wish not to hear.

A good man, for sure!

DCI

[mwhaught]

Donn, I should have known you would be the first to respond. Hope all is well with you and yours.

[5***@gmail.com]

Post by mwhaught
Donn, I should have known you would be the first to respond. Hope all is well with you and yours.

Of course, and I do not cherish it when good people leave us suddenly. His post were responsive to the subject at hand, no clutter of vitriolic attacks, just shear focussed comments and with bit of humor thrown in.

Around here, all is well but I must admit, time is catching up with me.

DCI (Donn)

[Edmund]

Post by mwhaught
Greetings all. Old timers here may remember me (mwhaught). I received
word this morning that SkippyPB lost his long battle with COPD last
night. May he rest on peace. I have many fond memories talking boxing
and attending fights with Steve. He was a great guy.

Is this SkippyPB who recently posted here?
Sorry to hear that may he RIP and all the best to those close to him.

Edmund

[Juan Anonly]

Post by mwhaught
Greetings all. Old timers here may remember me (mwhaught). I received
word this morning that SkippyPB lost his long battle with COPD last
night. May he rest on peace. I have many fond memories talking boxing
and attending fights with Steve. He was a great guy.

Thanks for the relay of the sad news. I really enjoyed his input here.
I seem to have arrived late to the party at rec.sport.boxing, but
really appreciated my contacts with the him. Very sad news.

[incal]

Post by mwhaught
Greetings all. Old timers here may remember me
(mwhaught). I received word this morning that
SkippyPB lost his long battle with COPD last night.
May he rest on peace. I have many fond memories
talking boxing and attending fights with Steve.
He was a great guy.

That's bad news. I always read his posts with great
interest and the thought crossed my mind he was some
retired journalist or so because he typically included
that kind of information that journalists and writers
do (like the name of the arena, exact dates and so on)
which us Joe Usenetters and boxing fans don't bother
with. I don't know if this was actually the truth or
if he "simply" had acquired the skill to write really
good posts.

RIP.

[Juan Anonly]

Post by incal

Post by mwhaught
Greetings all. Old timers here may remember me
(mwhaught). I received word this morning that
SkippyPB lost his long battle with COPD last night.
May he rest on peace. I have many fond memories
talking boxing and attending fights with Steve.
He was a great guy.

That's bad news. I always read his posts with great
interest and the thought crossed my mind he was some
retired journalist or so because he typically included
that kind of information that journalists and writers
do (like the name of the arena, exact dates and so on)
which us Joe Usenetters and boxing fans don't bother
with. I don't know if this was actually the truth or
if he "simply" had acquired the skill to write really
good posts.
RIP.

Nor I. What was his full name, and where was he from?

[b***@gmail.com]

He was a mainstay at RSB, one of the" old guard" - so to speak and one of the contributors whose posts I rarely missed whenever I visited this board.Like many others here, I respectfully offer my sincerest condolences.

[Grey Matters]

Post by b***@gmail.com
He was a mainstay at RSB, one of the" old guard" - so to speak and one
of the contributors whose posts I rarely missed whenever I visited
this board.Like many others here, I respectfully offer my sincerest
condolences.

I just saw this thread -- I didn't know he was a boxing fan, but knew
him through the Detroit Pistons and Lions newsgroups, where he was a
very frequent poster.

I'll share the sentiment that he was a great guy -- very knowledgeable
and clear opinions without being snarky or glib.

He had briefly mentioned some health issues in the past, and when he
suddenly stopped posting I feared something had happened to him. I
never knew anything about him offline, but based on his email address I
found this obituary, which might be of interest to people here:

http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/ohio/obituary.aspx?pid=175103349

Turns out he was a Vietnam vet who served in the infantry and earned 3
bronze stars. You can get a sense of what Detroit sports meant to him
from this 2006 post I just read via Google Groups:

I was only able to follow the Tiger's exploits via
Stars & Stripes newspaper and it was usually 2 weeks old
by the time we got it in the field. So, when we got the
issue that they had won (some time in late October I
believe), myself and another guy who was from Lincoln
Park toasted each other with some rotten free beer the
Army supplied us with.

I remember Chu Lai though I was never there. I was in
a 4.2 mortar platoon. They were mounted in the backs
of APCs, so we went all over the place supporting the
ground pounders. I worked my way up from ammo loader
to gunner to FDC chief which I really liked.

I remember a few missions where we had a battalion of
105 and 155 SPs with us. On one of those we got nearly
over ran and the 105's had to fire those bouncing
betty rounds. I don't know which was scarier, the
soldiers trying to overrun us or those bouncing betties
which when they exploded had a mind of their own!

[5***@gmail.com]

Post by Grey Matters

Post by b***@gmail.com
He was a mainstay at RSB, one of the" old guard" - so to speak and one
of the contributors whose posts I rarely missed whenever I visited
this board.Like many others here, I respectfully offer my sincerest
condolences.

I just saw this thread -- I didn't know he was a boxing fan, but knew
him through the Detroit Pistons and Lions newsgroups, where he was a
very frequent poster.
I'll share the sentiment that he was a great guy -- very knowledgeable
and clear opinions without being snarky or glib.

Cut -

First word to the last, Steve was a man of great integrity, polish, always a gentleman. His posts always had great merit. Yjis world could use more folks like him.

DCI

[Juan Anonly]

Post by Grey Matters

Post by b***@gmail.com
He was a mainstay at RSB, one of the" old guard" - so to speak and one
of the contributors whose posts I rarely missed whenever I visited
this board.Like many others here, I respectfully offer my sincerest
condolences.

I just saw this thread -- I didn't know he was a boxing fan, but knew
him through the Detroit Pistons and Lions newsgroups, where he was a
very frequent poster.
I'll share the sentiment that he was a great guy -- very knowledgeable
and clear opinions without being snarky or glib.
He had briefly mentioned some health issues in the past, and when he
suddenly stopped posting I feared something had happened to him. I
never knew anything about him offline, but based on his email address I
http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/ohio/obituary.aspx?pid=175103349
Turns out he was a Vietnam vet who served in the infantry and earned 3
bronze stars. You can get a sense of what Detroit sports meant to him
I was only able to follow the Tiger's exploits via
Stars & Stripes newspaper and it was usually 2 weeks old
by the time we got it in the field. So, when we got the
issue that they had won (some time in late October I
believe), myself and another guy who was from Lincoln
Park toasted each other with some rotten free beer the
Army supplied us with.
I remember Chu Lai though I was never there. I was in
a 4.2 mortar platoon. They were mounted in the backs
of APCs, so we went all over the place supporting the
ground pounders. I worked my way up from ammo loader
to gunner to FDC chief which I really liked.
I remember a few missions where we had a battalion of
105 and 155 SPs with us. On one of those we got nearly
over ran and the 105's had to fire those bouncing
betty rounds. I don't know which was scarier, the
soldiers trying to overrun us or those bouncing betties
which when they exploded had a mind of their own!

Many thanks for that, and for the obit. It's a rarity to know much
about the people one chatters with on usenet. It's pleasant to know
that some of the nice people on usenet (there are a few!) actually turn
out to be good people in their real lives.

[e***@mail.com]

Wasn't aware that he was a decorated war veteran. In my book, that amounts to plenty. May he truly rest in peace.