Lee Elia, who died Wednesday at age 87, will always remain a significant part of Chicago Cubs lore, thanks to a rant for the ages that’s celebrated every April 29.

Former Chicago Cubs and Philadelphia Phillies manager Lee Elia died Wednesday, the Phillies announced. He was 87 years old. Elia managed each of his two teams for two seasons, the Cubs from 1982 to ...

Elia, a Philadelphia native and product of Olney High School, enjoyed a long career in baseball that saw his hometown team reach its greatest heights.

Lee Elia, a former major league player and coach who was managing the Chicago Cubs in 1983 when he famously criticized the team’s fans in a memorable postgame rant, has died. He was 87. The ...

Lee Elia, the Philadelphia native who managed the Phillies after coaching third base for the 1980 World Series champions and once famously ranted against the fans who sat in the bleachers of Wrigley ...

Major League Baseball lost a legend in Lee Elia, known for one of the best postgame rants in the history of the league with the Cubs.

Anyway, as we celebrated Lee Elia Day on the 40th anniversary of the rant, we also should thank Elia for putting our sports-addicted lives in perspective. Bad teams come and go here, but we keep ...

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.

CHICAGO (CBS) -- Friday marks the 28th anniversary of an obscenity-laden rant by then-Cubs manager Lee Elia, after misbehaving fans drove him to his breaking point. On April 29, 1983, the Cubs had ...

Remembering Les Grobstein — and the Lee Elia rant The radio icon’s death brings back memories of the former Cubs manager’s tirade in 1983 and a column-that-wasn’t two decades later.

Lee’s got that knack to get his point across.” Under the corrugated roof, the darkness of the hole, Lee Elia works with the hitters. It is spring training, and this is exactly where he should be.