Speaking of coaching meltdowns, who can forget this Lee Elia classic?

[PatrickMcIrish]

http://www.jayssite.com/audio/leeelia.html


uppy: uppy:

 

[FairWarning]

That was easily the best. Still a classic in Chicago.

 

[Sugarbear]

Dont forget Tommy Lasorda with a huge breakdown to. Lee Elia was the best.

 

[Journeyman]

5-14 and Elia said 'we have 143 games left'....

what year was this ?

 

[Tulsa]

1983

 

[Journeyman]

1983

so he was only off by one year.

 

[5teamparlay]

38 years ago yesterday

[FONT=&quot][h=2]Column: Another Lee Elia Day reminds us of how bad the Chicago Cubs are once again[/h]
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[FONT=&quot]Every year it sneaks up on you, and the older you get, the better it sounds.
April 29, 1983, was a day that changed the Chicago Cubs’ world. And each year we stop for a moment and reflect on the glorious, profanity-laden rant that’s celebrated as Lee Elia Day.
The best parts of Elia’s speech can’t be printed here, even 38 years later, but unless your knowledge of Chicago history is close to nothing, you surely know the classics by now.
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[ninjatactics]

It’s always been hard to be a Cubs coach til Joe Maddon

 

[ninjatactics]

So any quotes from that rant

“the nickel and dime people that show up, mother f ers don’t even work”