Below the Din

On April 29, 1983, the Cubs dropped to 5-14, following a 1-run loss to the Los Angeles Dodgers. Irritated at some of the Cub faithful that booed the team off the field, former manager Lee Elia launched into a blistering tirade. The only recording of the diatribe came from the tape recorder of a newspaper reporter.

In the 3 minute tirade, according to ESPN, roughly one word in every 11 was a profanity. One of the more memorable quotes referred to the regulars that attended each home game. Night baseball was a little more than 5 years, two months away, so every home game was played in the afternoon.

Eighty-five percent of the ****** world is working. The other fifteen percent come out here.  A ****** playground for the ***********.

So as the previous quote indicates, the following “video” is clearly not safe for work.

More on the tirade:

• ESPN
• Chicago Sun-Times
• Chicago Tribune

(Image courtesy SeattleWeekly.com. You can check out their top 10 rants of all time by clicking the link.)