Now that was 1983 and its 2011 and shit hasn't changed, the team aint winning shit and work force has decreased from 85% to 60% so 40% of the city is at Wrigley watching day baseball.
See that 15%. Still your fans you stupid fuck.As much as I hate this guy. Dude actually gave a fucking thoughts worth about the Cubs. Dude knew Cubs fans like the back of his fucking hand.That's the truth. After he left we went to two division titles in 6 years. Coincidence ? Probably not. But I really think it woke someone up in the Tribune to actually give a shit and look at the product their sending out. They had no idea about baseball and thats why they got rid of it ! (Thank fucking God)
Lee, of course, was fired at the end of the '83 season, but you know what?
They did hit the groove, and the talent did flow, largely due to this rant. Jay Johnstone remembered it well, too. As he went into retirement and prepared his career book, Temporary Insanity, he quoted this whole damn thing, complete with context.
Thank you for posting a true piece of bombing run and baseball history.
Several times I heard an amended version of this created by the staff at WGN Radio, including well-done announcer lead-ins (and the Cubs musical theme "The Cubs Are On Their Way") to Elia's tirade. If you think is funny, you should have heard what I did. I was literally crying with laughter!
Could you imagine Quade ranting at Cub fans like this? Haha although I kinda wish he did, then he can get fired the next year and we can have a contending team again like we did in '84 :P
It is. We still boo shitty baseball players and shitty managers. Elia's brilliant ass got canned and the next year the Cubs were the best team in the NL. Maybe he was the problem.
Elia was just a bitter moron who was failing at his own "job" (really not a job at all - paid to sit on your ass and fill out a lineup card) and took it out on others.
Best rant or tirade in the history of baseball by a manager. This motherfucker was telling the truth about the people who used to go to games at Wrigley back in the day.
Funniest thing about this is HE WAS RIGHT....those players did have talent and went to the playoffs the very next year...without him obviously. I was in HS in Chicago when this happened and it was all over the news for a couple days but I think everyone was just so in shock.
CLASSIC!!! ....he had no idea the tape recorder was running (not that he cared at the moment)......this was a shocker at the time! (this predated Sam Kinison and Dice Clay by a couple of years).....a local radio station had a parody commercial that included part of this rant, and it was even funnier "bleeped out', as it became one long, run on bleep at some points!!
@SleapeeHed The unemployment rate was at 11 per cent-and may have been higher in the Chicago area-at the time of this tirade.The networks were enjoying what they presumed to be Reagan's downfall.
Ohhhh, how I wish Lee would have been the manager in 2003. What a rant that would have been. "You want to blame a fan, F-Steve Bartman. We played like shit and let the Marlins win the damn game." ETC...
The Cubs are such whiners! Always have been & always will be. They aren't worth getting this upset about. The biggest cry-babies in baseball. Waa! Waa! Waaaaaaaaa!!!
By the way, thanks for posting the unedited version, but FUCK YOU MOTHERFUCKER for showing that image of Hitler at time 1:10. Hitler has nothing to do with it, you leftist motherfucker. It was a classic rant from a coach standing up for his guys. Hitler has nothing to do with it.
Breathe through your nose not through your mouth, you knuckle-dragging moron. Don't laugh when you fuck your mother. Don't fuck your mother. Kill yourself and your children. Society does not need leftist morons leftists like you or your fucking offsprings.
Come to think, you don't have children. You are still in your mother's basement, in your underwear, eating pizza and masturbating on line. Die off loser.
@Flankitto04 Umm.........yeah.....I'm a registered Independent who will be voting strictly Republican this November. Are there any other false assumptions you'd like to make about me? You wouldn't hapen to be Jewish, would you? Maybe Hitler had the right idea...
funny to see an Obama drone like you defending that piece of shit Obama and his failed policies. Keep hanging on to socialism motherfucker., it's dying and hopefully you and your mother can die with it.
@Flankitto04 Why don't you do some research before you open your piehole? Oh-that's right. That might take some intelligence. All one has to do to see what I look like is watch my latest video.
Not even close asshole. Catholic as a matter of fact. But why would a scumbag asshole like you care. You are a racist fuck and a fucking piece of garbage. At what point do you grow up? You are 37 now and still playing little race/religious bigotry games. I'll give you 5 more years, then Obamacare's death panels should take care of you.
Fuckin, fuckin, fuckin! I'd fucking unbelievable, we're 5-14 with 143 games left. Don't fuckin rip those guys, because the talent is there to finish 1983 ith 91 fuckin losses! Fuck Lee Elia!
I've cherished this thing for years. It sounds like a Mamet monologue. The best thing is the deafening silence. How nobody moved, breathed, or spoke, lest the spell be broken.
Very cool. I spent 3 months in Chicago (summertime) and it was one of the best times in my life. Greetings from Germany. By the way - click my profile to see my pictures from Chicago.
Lee Elia said this in 1983, my question is what has changed? It's the same, except now it's 3,000 real baseball fans that show up and 36,000 people who are there for the atmosphere, the park or to have a college frat party in the bleachers.
@regaldisc You would think that.......Nothing but a corporate image,Cocksuckers with money,A team that sucks so bad and fans that do nothing but show up at 1;10pm to watch them. White Collar democratic doctors,Lawyers,businessmen etc..That think its ok to leave the office at noon or 1pm 3-4 days a week. Those are cocksuckers!! real Blue Collar fans are woorking.......not wearing sandals,Shorts,a pink garanimal shirt living in lincolnshire or Wilmette with a mindset that they are untouchable
"All these motherfuckin' editorials about Cey and fuckin' ... ah ... the Phillie-itis and all that shit, it's... it's sickening. It's unbelievable. It really is."
@Ryan88281 It IS the best rant ever. "The motherfuckers don't even work". Try to find a coach in any sport that rips the fans like that. I cant think of one
"The mother fuckers don't even work, that is why they are at the fucking game. They ought to go out and get a fucking job and learn with it's like to earn a fucking living."
One year later this Chicago team would win the NL East over the NY Mets.Rick Sutcliff would won the Cy Young.The Phillies would representt the NL in the World Series in 1983.
I'm a former Cub fan living in Tampa. The Tampa Bay Rays won the pennant after only 10 years in existence. The Cubs haven't won a pennant since 1945 and Lee Elia was complaining about the fans?. Chicago should run that disgraceful organization out of town and get a new team that cares about winning and cares about it's fans.
Ha-ha-ha!!! Had to be a fucking Italian,Baby!! Lee Elia's rant is hands down the ULTIMATE,Hate-spewing, anger-tossing, no-hold-back tirade EVER! The closest thing to it is Mike Tyson's rant. All other pale in comparison. And Lee is now an icon, both for the Cub fans and for the rest of baseball fans. He stood up for his team and didn't hold it back. Gangsta stuff (not black street gangsta, but the Al Capone hardcore shit gangsta) LOL!!!!
Elia shouldn't of slammed the fans and media. it's a powerful force that you @#$# with in Chicago. The Cubs went 5 and 14, what would be anyones reaction? He lost his marbles, and it costed him his job.
Unemployment was very high in the spring of 1983.Then Reagan fixed things.It won't happen again.
ImDavidGurney 1 day ago
1908
Suburbannite 6 days ago
LMFAO!!!! This guy is PRICELESS!!!!..makes Lou Piniella look like choir boy.
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Now that was 1983 and its 2011 and shit hasn't changed, the team aint winning shit and work force has decreased from 85% to 60% so 40% of the city is at Wrigley watching day baseball.
SuperProxio 1 week ago
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SuperProxio 1 week ago
hehehe he is one good albanian brother!!! :D
thesoftish 3 weeks ago
lol 5 and 14 19 game of 162 lol
phil8935 2 months ago
See that 15%. Still your fans you stupid fuck.As much as I hate this guy. Dude actually gave a fucking thoughts worth about the Cubs. Dude knew Cubs fans like the back of his fucking hand.That's the truth. After he left we went to two division titles in 6 years. Coincidence ? Probably not. But I really think it woke someone up in the Tribune to actually give a shit and look at the product their sending out. They had no idea about baseball and thats why they got rid of it ! (Thank fucking God)
brodemonz 2 months ago
Elia got fired at the end of this season, but he was partially vindicated. The Cubs won the NL East the next year.
pronkb000 3 months ago
Listening to this actually got me pumped up to take my Chemistry exam lol
ghouston69 3 months ago 2
And PRINT IT!!!! ROFLMAO and PMP, this is the greatest rant in the sports universe :=))
lilsuzq32 3 months ago
Lee, of course, was fired at the end of the '83 season, but you know what?
They did hit the groove, and the talent did flow, largely due to this rant. Jay Johnstone remembered it well, too. As he went into retirement and prepared his career book, Temporary Insanity, he quoted this whole damn thing, complete with context.
Thank you for posting a true piece of bombing run and baseball history.
tranz2deep 3 months ago
As a Bostonian I think I speak for all of us and say I hope you guys win a title! You deserve it! NOW RIP THEM COCKSUCKERS!
TuggSpeedmann 3 months ago
"85% of the fucking world's working. The other 15% come out here! It's a playground for the cocksuckers."
EuchridEucrow1 4 months ago 6
This sounds like my dad.
RKVersion1 4 months ago 2
MY FKN ASS!!
Misesrocks 4 months ago
poor little "butter" cubs....
wiedep 5 months ago
you know this is old when he includes the dodgers lol...dodger fan btw
ryan49er1 5 months ago
Several times I heard an amended version of this created by the staff at WGN Radio, including well-done announcer lead-ins (and the Cubs musical theme "The Cubs Are On Their Way") to Elia's tirade. If you think is funny, you should have heard what I did. I was literally crying with laughter!
7927jackpark 5 months ago
lol 5 and 14. out of 162
phil8935 5 months ago
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ericradford2142 5 months ago
I always quote Lee when somebody insists that Obama was born in Hawaii:"MY FUCKING ASS".
ImDavidGurney 5 months ago
When I have a hard day I turn this on and I have a great laugh.
Weissmenchland 5 months ago
The picture of Jeff Garlin around 1:31 is perfect for this as I can see him doing this rant for a movie.
2Ttyz41O 6 months ago
Could you imagine Quade ranting at Cub fans like this? Haha although I kinda wish he did, then he can get fired the next year and we can have a contending team again like we did in '84 :P
KSengage86 6 months ago
Those 15% that don't work in Chicago, paid his salary for that year
madstan181 6 months ago
i can listen to this all day long and it never gets old.
famar06 6 months ago
Lee Elia hit one point spot on: Cubs fans ARE all cocksuckers.
bigbobbydahmer 6 months ago
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KSengage86 6 months ago
@bigbobbydahmer no just you :D
camalcigs96 6 months ago
RIP THEM MUTHERFUKKERS!
BGPanda 6 months ago
Lee Elia: An Albanian-American sports icon
AlbanianMan 6 months ago 2
they made a commercial out of this
MichaelHansenFUN 6 months ago
they made an outtake out of this
not like this
MichaelHansenFUN 6 months ago
Fuckin playground for the cocksuckers.
philstu1 6 months ago 2
what's funny is that everything he's saying is true about cubs fans today
gluesniffer2 6 months ago
@gluesniffer2
It is. We still boo shitty baseball players and shitty managers. Elia's brilliant ass got canned and the next year the Cubs were the best team in the NL. Maybe he was the problem.
cauchamar 6 months ago
@cauchamar ---But they Still Choked to the Padres!! Cub fans are dumb motherfuckers! Go Phillies!!
How does it feel to get your ass kicked in during "Day Baseball"?? Such a great tradition.
soulsofrebellion11 6 months ago
@soulsofrebellion11
You're one to talk. Your franchise is right there with us in not winning squat. What's it, 2 titles in a hundred years?
cauchamar 6 months ago
Stereotypical fuck. I work like a fucking slave and I can still make it to Cubs games.
CubsFan2812 7 months ago
@CubsFan2812 I feel awful for you, you have to watch an atrocious baseball team.
EagleLC21 7 months ago
@EagleLC21 I have been a Cubs fan for as long as I can remember my friend. I could care less how much we lose I still love the cubs.
CubsFan2812 7 months ago
@CubsFan2812
Because you're a true fan like myself.
Medication102 6 months ago
@Medication102 Thats right. I skipped school many times in elementary school just to see these guys play.
CubsFan2812 6 months ago
@CubsFan2812
Elia was just a bitter moron who was failing at his own "job" (really not a job at all - paid to sit on your ass and fill out a lineup card) and took it out on others.
cauchamar 6 months ago
Best rant or tirade in the history of baseball by a manager. This motherfucker was telling the truth about the people who used to go to games at Wrigley back in the day.
NitroProxio 7 months ago 4
Boy, could we use him right now!
Promoney22 7 months ago 3
best rant ever. Tommy Lasorda? Earl Weaver? Fuck them cocksuckers and print it!
rosieaasful 7 months ago 2
@uselesspointjunk: Well what do you expect when you play against a team with Ozzie guillen as the 1st Base Coach???
lovedolphin675 8 months ago
MY FUCKIN' ASS.
droozilla 8 months ago 2
85% are working. 15% aren't....today that percentage is almost 50%-50%! lol (well maybe that isn't really funny)
The next year was GREAT!! 1984 even though they lost in the play offs to San Diego. I loved watching that 1984 team play!!!
Cricket2454 9 months ago
28 years later still awsome!
muppet151 9 months ago
38 people dont have jobs AND YOU CAN PRINT IT!
Kelski1998 9 months ago 2
Funniest thing about this is HE WAS RIGHT....those players did have talent and went to the playoffs the very next year...without him obviously. I was in HS in Chicago when this happened and it was all over the news for a couple days but I think everyone was just so in shock.
One of the biggest longest rants of all time.
sjpnobull 9 months ago 3
U HEARD HIM, GET A JOB CUBS FANS HAHAHAHA
heimtime3 9 months ago 15
CLASSIC!!! ....he had no idea the tape recorder was running (not that he cared at the moment)......this was a shocker at the time! (this predated Sam Kinison and Dice Clay by a couple of years).....a local radio station had a parody commercial that included part of this rant, and it was even funnier "bleeped out', as it became one long, run on bleep at some points!!
packard400 9 months ago
i'm a long time cubs fan and still love this rant. at the time it was so true.
MrKriffer 9 months ago 3
Its a fuckin playground for the cocksuckers!
philstu1 9 months ago 2
Sounds like Lee E. is talking about that ASSBAG Ronnie Woo Woo. The most annoying of all the thousands of annoying Cubbie fans. Gotta luv the TRUTH.
magnumfour88 9 months ago 2
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philstu1 9 months ago
I hate be judgemental, but he sounds pissed.
QMPhilosophe 9 months ago
Fuck the Cubs
rushdi34 9 months ago
Wrigley Field's sign should read "Fucking Playground for the Cocksuckers" instead of "Home of the Chicago Cubs."
IDF1987 10 months ago 7
Lee Elia gives a good description of Flub fans.
IDF1987 10 months ago
I love how he assumes that everyone in the stands for a day baseball game is unemployed.
SleapeeHed 10 months ago
@SleapeeHed The unemployment rate was at 11 per cent-and may have been higher in the Chicago area-at the time of this tirade.The networks were enjoying what they presumed to be Reagan's downfall.
ImDavidGurney 9 months ago
PRINT IT!
SleapeeHed 10 months ago
This is actually John Gotti captured by a FBI recording device.
peatmoss14 10 months ago
Rip them cocksuckers!
Kelski1998 10 months ago
Love it!!!!!!!!!!! Players manager?
snovel7070 10 months ago
lol. This always brings a smile everytime I hear it. Classic cussing at it's effing best.
FiendWithClass 10 months ago
Cubs suck! GO BREWERS!
BravoRecords1 11 months ago
Ohhhh, how I wish Lee would have been the manager in 2003. What a rant that would have been. "You want to blame a fan, F-Steve Bartman. We played like shit and let the Marlins win the damn game." ETC...
What a rant that would have been.
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sexykatie90 1 year ago
lol cubs have the worst fanbase in the nl
IFknHateUTube 1 year ago
and.. PRINT IT!
PoopPeeSandwich 1 year ago
Im glad the Braves hired this guy.
BRAVESFAN1025 1 year ago
85% of the fuckin' world is workin'.....the other 15 come out here!
horns2112 1 year ago
Best rant ever!
corbaseball12 1 year ago
Les Grobstein from WLS had a hidden tape recorder and recorded the greatest rant ever. Thanks Les
72melp 1 year ago
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Cookingwithlucas1 1 year ago
Greatest rant is sports history. Bar None!
philstu1 1 year ago
The Cubs are such whiners! Always have been & always will be. They aren't worth getting this upset about. The biggest cry-babies in baseball. Waa! Waa! Waaaaaaaaa!!!
gatorcarter 1 year ago
@gatorcarter Yeah well, White Sox fans are the biggest whiners, oh my god, always bitching about respect, they can go fuck themselves.....
mrmojow 1 year ago
He said "fuck" 38 times. Pretty impressive.
MPetrovich7 1 year ago
WOW, The whole city of Chicago just got fucking owned!!!!
soccerj75 1 year ago
the hal mcrae rant was better.
MrDust1981 1 year ago
Rip those motherfu*ker, rip those co*ksuckers! lol Priceless.
TopThrillDan 1 year ago
85% of the world is working, the other 15% come out here !!! Priceless !!!!
bucswnsb37 1 year ago 2
MY. FUKIN. EEEASSSSS.
jasonolds442 1 year ago 2
"a playground for the cocksuckers" Classic.
By the way, thanks for posting the unedited version, but FUCK YOU MOTHERFUCKER for showing that image of Hitler at time 1:10. Hitler has nothing to do with it, you leftist motherfucker. It was a classic rant from a coach standing up for his guys. Hitler has nothing to do with it.
Flankitto04 1 year ago
@Flankitto04 Breathe. Laugh. Kill yourself. In that order.
PampersPete 1 year ago
@PampersPete
Breathe through your nose not through your mouth, you knuckle-dragging moron. Don't laugh when you fuck your mother. Don't fuck your mother. Kill yourself and your children. Society does not need leftist morons leftists like you or your fucking offsprings.
Come to think, you don't have children. You are still in your mother's basement, in your underwear, eating pizza and masturbating on line. Die off loser.
Flankitto04 1 year ago
@Flankitto04 Umm.........yeah.....I'm a registered Independent who will be voting strictly Republican this November. Are there any other false assumptions you'd like to make about me? You wouldn't hapen to be Jewish, would you? Maybe Hitler had the right idea...
PampersPete 1 year ago
@PampersPete
Its funny to see you two shit for brains teabaggers go at it.
Whatchagonado 1 year ago
@Whatchagonado Teabagger? I hate Teabaggers. Another homo with a false assumption...
PampersPete 1 year ago
@Whatchagonado
funny to see an Obama drone like you defending that piece of shit Obama and his failed policies. Keep hanging on to socialism motherfucker., it's dying and hopefully you and your mother can die with it.
Flankitto04 1 year ago
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saj8 1 year ago
@Flankitto04 Grow up and read a book! You might learn something.
saj8 1 year ago
@PampersPete
Independent. Yeah, all the leftist say that now
Cut your hair and take a bath. You look like a child molester.
Flankitto04 1 year ago
@Flankitto04 Why don't you do some research before you open your piehole? Oh-that's right. That might take some intelligence. All one has to do to see what I look like is watch my latest video.
PampersPete 1 year ago
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jmm0935 1 year ago
@jmm0935
Not even close asshole. Catholic as a matter of fact. But why would a scumbag asshole like you care. You are a racist fuck and a fucking piece of garbage. At what point do you grow up? You are 37 now and still playing little race/religious bigotry games. I'll give you 5 more years, then Obamacare's death panels should take care of you.
Peace. I'm out.
Flankitto04 1 year ago
@Flankitto04
"Obamacare's death panels"
Lol
drdvl164 11 months ago
"Once we hit that fuckin' groove, it will flow"
BamaChris 1 year ago
fucking playground!!!!!!!!!!!
tastybrownies 1 year ago
Nearly 30 years after this rant, the "cocksucker fuckin Cubs" (as Lee might put it) STILL haven't won a fucking world Series.
GoblinGirl 1 year ago
hit the ball catch the ball get the fucking job done
moejuggs 1 year ago
Absolutely best rant ever
piancu 1 year ago
The motherfuckers don't even work!
BRBaller1213 1 year ago
Did he say sheep shit? That is priceless!!!
Weissmenchland 1 year ago
@Weissmenchland Cheap shit.
autographhound2468 1 year ago
Priceless!!!
countbassy67 1 year ago
One of my all time favorites....
gklotz7 1 year ago
DA CUBBIES....
BartenderDrink 1 year ago
The cubs are horrible, and will always be horrible.
shizzlecream 1 year ago 2
That the best FUCKIN rant I've heard in a while!
thedarkphire33 1 year ago
A PLAYGROUND FOR THE COCKSUCKERS LOL
EagleLC21 1 year ago
Fuckin, fuckin, fuckin! I'd fucking unbelievable, we're 5-14 with 143 games left. Don't fuckin rip those guys, because the talent is there to finish 1983 ith 91 fuckin losses! Fuck Lee Elia!
IntenseLowerChafing 1 year ago
this kicks jim mora's "playoffs??? playoffs???" rant by a mile and a half!!!!
GO CUBS! :D
ToriiHunterFan 1 year ago
This is one of the greatest rants of all time in sports history...kudos to the guy who taped this.
issurchaim 1 year ago
thank Les Gorbstein for rolling this tape. He is the guy left the the recorder playing at the locker room after the game in 1983.
rays130226 1 year ago
Happy Anniversary, Cubs fans!!! LOL LOL
ScrewTNA 1 year ago
Happy Lee Elia Day! It's a classic, laced with adult language. You've been warned.
mrhooper12 1 year ago
"85% of the world is working...the other 15 come out here...a fucking playground for the cocksuckers"....WOW
ashrok1982 1 year ago 2
"the name of the game, is hit the ball, catch the ball, and get the FUCKING job done". that had to of been the best line of this whole rant.
cgm1023 1 year ago
Curse count:
Fucks: 38 (4 with "mother")
Shits: 5
Asses: 4
Cocksuckers: 2
wceagle4life 1 year ago 54
@wceagle4life thank you
WhiteAngel331 1 year ago
This guy has the eloquence of Obama - well, perhaps a tad less.
jimtraner 1 year ago
@jimtraner At least Lee tells it the way it is and doesn't lie! I had to say that!
jeepdriver7 1 year ago
I've cherished this thing for years. It sounds like a Mamet monologue. The best thing is the deafening silence. How nobody moved, breathed, or spoke, lest the spell be broken.
tommytimp 1 year ago
I sense anger.
TheLogicalPositivist 1 year ago
Best rant ever. What made it even better, he was spot on and was speaking the truth.
inthefiveonenine 1 year ago
All these mother fucking editorials about Cey!
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Very cool. I spent 3 months in Chicago (summertime) and it was one of the best times in my life. Greetings from Germany. By the way - click my profile to see my pictures from Chicago.
dagda3000 1 year ago
greatest rant of all time, you can hear the reporters cracking up in the background
Pilaf2 1 year ago
The cubs will suck this year also.GO D-BACKS
dmtdmt1969 1 year ago
If you can find a better rant than this EVER, i'm all ears.
juicelesscaptain 1 year ago
Best.....rant......EVER.
awbjr9871 1 year ago
"The motherfuckers don't even work..."
"That's the criterior..."
mjn76 1 year ago
Lee Elia said this in 1983, my question is what has changed? It's the same, except now it's 3,000 real baseball fans that show up and 36,000 people who are there for the atmosphere, the park or to have a college frat party in the bleachers.
vaibanez17 1 year ago
Remember, MLB is just a business, and the Cubs are Number One is making money, and thats the bottom line.
regaldisc 1 year ago
@regaldisc You would think that.......Nothing but a corporate image,Cocksuckers with money,A team that sucks so bad and fans that do nothing but show up at 1;10pm to watch them. White Collar democratic doctors,Lawyers,businessmen etc..That think its ok to leave the office at noon or 1pm 3-4 days a week. Those are cocksuckers!! real Blue Collar fans are woorking.......not wearing sandals,Shorts,a pink garanimal shirt living in lincolnshire or Wilmette with a mindset that they are untouchable
StayingBack71 8 months ago
This is priceless..especially for us Cardinal fans.....
dannyd1572 1 year ago
"All these motherfuckin' editorials about Cey and fuckin' ... ah ... the Phillie-itis and all that shit, it's... it's sickening. It's unbelievable. It really is."
HAHAHAA
weholdourown 1 year ago 2
What is wrong with people this days?really?
It's just some game and this is totally not necessary.
DearlyLovable 1 year ago
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jmm0935 1 year ago
They did get "hotter than shit", but only after they canned him. They won the division the next season.
At times in hearing that audio track he sounds like Glenn Beck especially when he tells the fans to get a job the way he did.
What a complete fucktard!
DevonSartori 1 year ago
Possibly the best rant ever
Ryan88281 1 year ago
@Ryan88281 It IS the best rant ever. "The motherfuckers don't even work". Try to find a coach in any sport that rips the fans like that. I cant think of one
TuggSpeedmann 1 year ago 6
INDOUBITABLY ! IL SUMPREMO RANTISIMMISSI. CIAO Chi-town- Frank Sinister, Hoboken, N.J.
giacblanc 1 year ago
38 F-bombs, must be a record for a tirade
crawford371 2 years ago
really? I counted 41
SateliteRaider 1 year ago
Damn! He went off, and damn was it funny.
Weissmenchland 2 years ago
ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha fukin cubs suck big fukin balls.....god damn fukin losers.
CHICAGOssSOX 2 years ago
after a quarter of a century later its still one of the finest rants ever!!!
hifijohn 2 years ago 25
@hifijohn Damn right!
TopThrillDan 1 year ago
@hifijohn theeee finest rant!
jollyrogerk9 1 year ago
"Playground for the cock suckers"
trevLV 2 years ago 2
85 % of the world works the other 15% go to wrigley hahaha their own manager says that hahahahahaha
heimtime3 2 years ago 2
what is so sad about this is that cubs fans are still this way and it's great :)
gluesniffer2 2 years ago
its a play ground for those cock suckers
davidallenroth 2 years ago
ever been to Wrigleyville? It truly is a real playground for cock suckers.
JoeAverage86 2 years ago
"The mother fuckers don't even work, that is why they are at the fucking game. They ought to go out and get a fucking job and learn with it's like to earn a fucking living."
HAHA!
mrceebees14 2 years ago 8
@mrceebees14 that line still gets me
JPADRIEN 2 years ago
One year later this Chicago team would win the NL East over the NY Mets.Rick Sutcliff would won the Cy Young.The Phillies would representt the NL in the World Series in 1983.
generationll 2 years ago
I'm a former Cub fan living in Tampa. The Tampa Bay Rays won the pennant after only 10 years in existence. The Cubs haven't won a pennant since 1945 and Lee Elia was complaining about the fans?. Chicago should run that disgraceful organization out of town and get a new team that cares about winning and cares about it's fans.
jorged59 2 years ago
lol..Okay its don't show cause we 5 and 14
pusher2342 2 years ago
He seems tense. Perhaps a nice cup of green tea would help.
AvgDude 2 years ago 4
I just HAD to hear this again, finding out the CUBS have gotten sold.
NTSC1080 2 years ago
38 fucks in 3 minutes.
PizzaguylolXD 2 years ago 6
12.6 FPM
freeodb05 2 years ago 6
Ha-ha-ha!!! Had to be a fucking Italian,Baby!! Lee Elia's rant is hands down the ULTIMATE,Hate-spewing, anger-tossing, no-hold-back tirade EVER! The closest thing to it is Mike Tyson's rant. All other pale in comparison. And Lee is now an icon, both for the Cub fans and for the rest of baseball fans. He stood up for his team and didn't hold it back. Gangsta stuff (not black street gangsta, but the Al Capone hardcore shit gangsta) LOL!!!!
chessse 2 years ago 4
I think he's Albanian, no?
KJAnsia 2 years ago
@chessse Don't forget about Hal McCrae. That is my all time favorite,
00ghostcobra 2 years ago
Elia shouldn't of slammed the fans and media. it's a powerful force that you @#$# with in Chicago. The Cubs went 5 and 14, what would be anyones reaction? He lost his marbles, and it costed him his job.
VolumedMusicMan 2 years ago
f 'n multi-fold!!!!! (and all that cheap shit)
mattvl73 2 years ago
He stood up for his team.
sweetttina666 2 years ago 2
Elia was right about one thing: Cub fans ARE cocksuckers.
bigbobbydahmer 2 years ago 5
Too bad he was let go later that year. He was vindicated for saying the talent was there. The next season they won the division, winning 96 games.
kmalloy11 2 years ago
as a cub fan i still feel the sameway lee did here
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