7/16/2007
A Blast From The Past...
I think that even non-Cubs fans and non-baseball fans will appreciate this. Just make sure you don't listen to it at work or in front of small children, unless you think it's good they learn profanity at a young age.
*On April 29, 1983, during Lee Elia's tenure as the Cubs' manager, the Cubs suffered a one-run home loss to the Los Angeles Dodgers. After the game, he held a post-game press conference at which he lashed out in a profanity-laced tirade directed at the fans at Wrigley Field—which at that time featured only daytime games—for booing and heckling the team.
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Thank you, THANK YOU, for that little stroll down memory lane! That Lee Elia tirade is one of my favorite sound clips ever, and it works on so many levels: as Cubs history, as a bright shining moment in baseball coaching, and as a monument to out of control middle aged male anger.
That was awesome.
This is a classic. The funny thing was that he was absolutely right. Back then most of the crowd were bums.
I do believe he'd had a couple of cocktails before the news conference. And he was fired not too long after this little incident.
Great clip Chris, one of the all-timers!! They still use parts of it on the intro to a morning sports talk show here in the Denver area.
Wow...that's legendary.
Reminds me of the quote from "A Christmas Story":
"In the heat of battle my father wove a tapestry of obscenities that as far as we know is still hanging in space over Lake Michigan."
I loved that and think it should be broadcast before any game, even checkers.
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