Submit a Story!
Get the BallHype iPhone App
Votes
topics:

vote down flag
tampabay.com - 6/29/2009
TV pitchman Billy Mays found dead in Tampa home
—
TAMPA — Billy Mays, the TV pitchman whose trademark voice helped sell everything from cleaning supplies to baking soda, was found dead this morning by his wife at his Tampa home. No cause of death has been reported and no foul play is suspected, according to Tampa police.
The Next Great Pitchman? Dit-ka!!!
beargoggleson.com - 6/30/2009
The Next Great Pitchman? Dit-ka!!!
— beargoggleson.com — With the passing of pitchman Billy Mays, there is a huge void in the infomercial universe. Fear... not, because there is one man that can fill the void without missing a beat -- Da Coach, Iron Mike Ditka! (more) The Next Great Pitchman? Dit-ka!!!

Comments vote down Arrowhead Addict Arrowhead Addict posted 6/30/2009posted this
Billy Mays Death Means a Missed Opportunity for Dbacks Fans
venomstrikes.com - 6/28/2009
Billy Mays Death Means a Missed Opportunity for Dbacks Fans
— venomstrikes.com — TV Pitchman Billy Mays died today and with it I felt a missed opportunity for the Arizona... Diamondbacks. With all the empty seats at Chase Field these days and as bad as the team is, Billy Mays could have pitched the Dbacks to fans to get them to return to the ballpark. (more) Billy Mays Death Means a Missed Opportunity for Dbacks Fans

Comments vote down AZScott AZScott posted 6/28/2009posted this
One Last Thing For Billy Mays | That Balls Outta Here | A Philadelphia Phillies Blog
thatballsouttahere.com - 7/1/2009
One Last Thing For Billy Mays | That Balls Outta Here | A Philadelphia Phillies Blog
— thatballsouttahere.com — Billy Mays was a great pitchman who has now passed on. There is one problem. I have... one more thing for him to pitch to the Phillies general manager. Find out what it is by following the link. (more) One Last Thing For Billy Mays | That Balls Outta Here | ...

Comments vote down catman341 catman341 posted 7/1/2009posted this

Blog Reactions

The Big Lead:  The Roundup: A Sock Puppet Goes to the Draft

Ballin' is a Habit:  Monday Morning Dump

Comments
Blog Reactions

The Roundup: A Sock Puppet Goes to the Draft
The Big Lead — Beyonce … avert your eyes - the pension crisis! … the Billy Mays bumpy landing in which he wasn’t wearing his seat belt … to anyone who has lost their job lately, this is good news … former boxing champ is homeless and living on the streets of Camden, NJ … 10 reasons to hate hipsters … a couple months old, but the doom-and-gloomers will enjoy it … Michael Jackson’s autopsy … how not to kill another golfer on the course (with ...

Monday Morning Dump
Ballin' is a Habit — ... Seton Hall forward Brandon Walters is headed to Siena. - Blake Griffin needs a fake ID. - A minor league baseball game final: 33-18. - More information is coming out on the Iowa HS coach who was shot last week. - All you could ever want to know about Michael Jackson. - 10 reasons to hate hipsters. #1 should be because they're hipsters. - Ed McMahon, Farrah Fawcett, Michael Jackson, and now Billy Maze? - This is just insanity. ...

Related Content
TV pitchman Billy Mays found dead in Tampa home
sports.espn.go.com 6/28/2009 — TAMPA, Fla. -- Tampa police say Billy Mays, the television pitchman known for his boisterous hawking of products such as Orange Glo and OxiClean, has died. He was 50. Authorities say Mays was pronounced dead Sunday morning after being found by his ...
Pitchman Billy Mays Found Dead
tmz.com 6/28/2009 — Filed under: R.I.P. , Billy Mays TMZ has confirmed TV pitchman Billy Mays was found dead today in his home in Tampa, Florida early this morning.According to the Tampa PD, the 50-year-old TV pitchman was found unresponsive by his wife Deborah at 7:45 ...
BILLY MAYS FOUND DEAD
mondesishouse.blogspot.com 6/28/2009 — Ed McMahon. Farrah Fawcett. Michael Jackson. And now, Pittsburgh's own Billy Mays. The 50-year-old pitchman, who hails from McKees Rocks, was found dead at his home in Tampa, Florida, early this morning. He had just returned back from taping a new spot for Oxiclean in Philadelphia. As of ...
Billy Mays found dead
completist.wordpress.com 6/28/2009 — It’s been a terrible month for celebrity deaths. From Farrah Fawcett and David Carradine to the legendary Michael Jackson and now famous, loud but lovable pitchman, Billy Mays . While I never blogged about the 50-year old Mays, fellow collector and sports blogger, JRJ had. He sent a ...
Report: 'Infomercial King' Billy Mays Found Dead in Home
foxnews.com 6/28/2009 — Television pitchman Billy Mays
Video of the day.
sportsmediawatch.blogspot.com 6/28/2009 — Commercial pitchman Billy Mays dead at 50.
Billy Mays dies at 50; boisterous TV pitchman - Los Angeles Times
latimes.com 6/28/2009 — Reporting from Atlanta -- As elegies go, it wasn't W.H. Auden. But one had to imagine that Billy Mays, the booming TV infomercial pitchman, would have appreciated the YouTube comment that, despite its misspellings, merged a farewell with yet another ...
A Tribute to Billy Mays
gunaxin.com 6/29/2009 — billy-mays billy-mays3 From Wikipedia : William “Billy” D. Mays, Jr. was a television direct-response advertisement salesperson most notable for promoting OxiClean, Orange Glo, and other cleaning, home-based, and maintenance products. His distinctive ...
billy mays dead fox news | United States News
us-trend.blogspot.com 6/29/2009 — IN MEMORY OF THE MOST FAMOUS PITCHMAN IN AMERICA, THIS NEWSPAPER IS ANNOUNCING HIS DEATH THE WAY BILLY MAYS WOULD HAVE SOLD IT - L O U D. Enough of it, I can’t do this any more so let me settle back into the usual lower case caps but you get the drift. All american hall of famer salesman ...
Billy Mays - RIP 1958-2009
theoriginalwinger.com 6/28/2009 — billy-mays.jpg What the F(*& is going on this week!? Billy Mays , the “BILLY MAYS HERE” pitchman extraordinaire was found dead in his home this morning. From the LA Times: Tampa police say Billy Mays, the television pitchman known for his boisterous hawking of products such as Orange Glo and ...
Tampa Bay Rays: Where They Stand Now — Bleacher Report - MLB 6/29/2009
Sorry for the lack of posts as a busy schedule makes writing hard right now. The Tampa Bay Rays now sit in third place in the standings with 85 games left. The type of ball they have been playing as of late is playoff worthy. The question is ...
End Citrus Series and Interleague Play Once and for All — Bleacher Report - MLB 6/29/2009
Major League Baseball ended 2009 Interleague Play after the final out was made in the Yankees/Mets contest on Sunday Night Baseball, and it couldn't end soon enough. The time has come to end interleague play for good. There is just no point of ...
Rays Sweep Marlins, Move into Third Place in AL East — Bleacher Report - MLB 6/29/2009
The Tampa Bay Rays completed a three-game sweep of their cross-state rivals, the Florida Marlins. In doing so, Tampa Bay kept pace with the New York Yankees in the Wild Card chase while moving past the Toronto Blue Jays and sole possesion of third ...
Rays reach 100 homers and 100 steals milestone — USATODAY.com MLB - Top Stories 6/29/2009
The Tampa Bay Rays became the first team in six years to have 100 homers and 100 steals by the All-Star break when B.J. Upton homered in the third of inning of Sunday's game against Florida.
Rays Look to Carry Momentum into Canada, Texas — Bleacher Report - MLB 6/29/2009
The Rays won five of six last week, returned to full strength with Kazmir, Bartlett, Burrell, Bradford, and Shouse getting off of the DL. They look to continue their hot streaks when they head north to face Roy Halladay and the Toronto ...