In this May 19, 1983, file photo, Chicago Cubs manager Lee Elia signals the bullpen to send in a right-hander during a ...

Elia’s professional baseball career spanned more than 50 years as a player, coach, manager and executive, but his name will ...

The long-winded, expletive-laden rant, which was taped and saved for posterity by late Chicago radio reporter Les Grobstein, occurred in a postgame interview session with Cubs beat writers in Elia ...

The long-winded, expletive-laden rant, which was taped and saved for posterity by late Chicago radio reporter Les Grobstein, occurred in a postgame interview session with Cubs beat writers in Elia ...

Lee Elia, who is perhaps best known for his rant directed at Cubs fans critical of his team in 1983, died Wednesday.

Elia managed each of his two teams for two seasons, the Cubs from 1982 to 1983 and the Phillies from 1987 to 1988. He accrued ...

Lee Elia, former manager of the Chicago Cubs and Philadelphia Phillies, died just shy of his 88th birthday after a successful 15-year baseball career as a player and coach.

The rant took on a life of its own, with Les Grobstein, one of the reporters present, telling the Seattle Times in 2008, "I can guarantee you it was on every continent on the planet within a week ...

The only ones present for Elia's rant were the late Robert Markus of the Chicago Tribune, Joel Bierig of the Chicago Sun-Times, Don Friske of the Daily Herald, and the late Les Grobstein of WLS ...