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The most famous tirade in Chicago sports history. . . and this is just a tiny portion of it!
Cub record before the tirade Year     Manager        Record 1981      Amalfitano    38-65 1982      Lee Elia          73-89 1983      Lee Elia            5-14	"The [bleep] don't even work. That's why they're out at the [bleep] game. They oughta go out and get a [bleep] job and find out what it's like to go out and earn a [bleep] living. Eighty-five percent of the [bleep] world is working. The other fifteen percent come out here. " Lee Elia, April 1983 (Cub Manager) Note-- Elia is referring to the day-game-era Cub fans, who come out to Wrigley and boo the players. (Come on, Lee-- the team is 5 and 14!)		Cub record after the tirade Year     Manager        Record 1983      Lee Elia           49-55 1983      Charlie Fox     17-22 1984      Jim Frey          96-65
This looney diatribe is too long for our limited space, but is available at many other baseball sites.
The Ravings of Frustration Elia goes on and on about the fans! Not only are they disloyal and unfair. . . They're worthless bums who don't have jobs! Overall message: When things go wrong. . . Blame the fans! It's their fault! The players are good! The team is good!		Legacy This outburst is how baseball remembers Lee Elia! It takes on greater fame with each passing year! We at baseballyarn.com agree that it is certainly entertaining! But we believe people give it an undeserved significance! It is NOT a pivotal moment in Chicago Cub history. . . And should not be treated as such!
Stuff like this happens when good teams under-perform. Elia's '83 team was good-- they added Rick Sutcliffe in '84 and won the division! Too bad they couldn't have done that for Lee!
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