RIP Richard S.S. - Richard Stewart Spackman

Dedicated Bauxite poster Richard Stewart Spackman (known as Richard S.S.) passed away at the age of 65 April 25, 2019 in Lethbridge, Alberta due to ALS. He will be missed.

Richard S.S. joined us at Batter's Box on February 7, 2009 and racked up an impressive 4.941 posts. It appears the road to 4,941 began on February 8 of that year in a post about Shawn Camp.

This was his take on the Jays avoiding arbitration with Camp and signing him to a one-year deal worth $750,000.

I think the Camp signing is more of 'the better you keep what you know school, than try what you don't know school'. It's hard to give up what you know for someone or something you don't know. I thought Shawn had decent enough…