The former Cubs manager, who died last month, is best remembered for an expletive-filled tirade that left a lasting ...

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.

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 ...

Lee Elia, who managed the Philadelphia Phillies and Chicago Cubs for two seasons apiece but is perhaps best known for a profane postgame rant critical of Chicago fans, died on Wednesday. He was 87.

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.

“I guess I lost it,” Chicago Cubs manager Lee Elia told reporters on April 29, 1983, hours after he made an epic rant ripping the team’s fans — a three-minute tirade peppered with more ...

It began like any other postgame news conference. Manager Lee Elia's Cubs had just lost 4-3 to the Los Angeles Dodgers on April 29, 1983, the winning run scoring on a wild pitch by future Hall of ...

Por The Associated Press Lee Elia, un expelotero y coach de las Grandes Ligas que dirigía a los Cachorros de Chicago en 1983 cuando emprendió una recordada diatriba contra los fanáticos del ...

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 for booing in a memorable postgame rant, has died. He was 87.

Lee Elia, known for managing the Chicago Cubs and Philadelphia Phillies during his decadeslong career in MLB (and for an infamous, expletive-filled postgame rant), has died. He was 87.