In this May 19, 1983, file photo, Chicago Cubs manager Lee Elia signals the bullpen to send in a right-hander during a ...

Lee Elia, the former Chicago Cubs and Philadelphia Phillies manager who went on an epic tirade in 1983, died this week at the ...

Baseball lifer Lee Elia, who managed the Phillies and Cubs and went on one of baseball’s legendary rants, died Wednesday at ...

Elia spent a half-century in professional baseball as a player, coach and scout. His rant while managing the Cubs is still ...

Elia’s professional baseball career spanned more than 50 years as a player, coach, manager and executive, but his name will ...

Lee Elia, known for managing the Cubs and Phillies during a decades-long career (and for an epic, expletive-filled postgame rant), has died.

Lee Elia, who died Wednesday at age 87, will always remain a significant part of Chicago Cubs lore, thanks to a rant for the ...

Lee Elia, a former major league player and coach who was managing the Chicago Cubs in 1983 when he famously criticized the ...

Lee Elia, who is perhaps best known for his rant directed at Cubs fans critical of his team in 1983, died Wednesday.

In 1983, the Chicago Cubs' manager laid into fans in a profanity-laced tirade that still inspires awe to this day.

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.

Elia managed each of his two teams for two seasons, the Cubs from 1982 to 1983 and the Phillies from 1987 to 1988. He accrued ...