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 ...

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 ...

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.

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.

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.

Robert Marcus, Joel Behrig, Don Friske, and the man with the sole microphone in the room, Les Grobstein. Thanks to Grobstein, this rant can live on beyond Elia.