Lee Elia: The Rant Heard 'Round the World.

Long before Dennis Miller's signature rants on his HBO show, former Cubs manager Lee Elia let forth the greatest rant of all time. After an early season loss in 1983 to the LA Dodgers, the Cubs record was 5-14. Another season of futility was inevitable...38 years since their last trip to the playoffs where they lost to Detroit in the World Series.

April 29th marks the 25th anniversary of Lee Elia's infamous/famous rant. Chicago radio reporter Les Grobstein unloaded this doozy of a question, "Tough way to lose a game, huh?" I would have snapped too. David Schuster, now a WSCR(The Score) reporter put his microphone near Elia, but had to turn away....it was the only way he could contain his laughter. Mark Giangreco, working at channel 5 at the time, had the rant on videotape. When he left channel 5 to go to channel 7 in 1994...the tape was nowhere to be found. Missing...lost...stolen? No one knows. But luckily the audio of the rant still exists...please to enjoy!



BTW - there's no way this is safe for work. One - because you're going to laugh your ass off, Two - because even a seasoned Teamster would blush at the language Elia uses.