Lee Elia, a longtime baseball lifer who may be best known for his epic 1983 rant, died this week at the age of 87. Elia played in 95 big league games and managed 538 with the Chicago Cubs and ...

Baseball lifer Lee Elia, who managed the Phillies and Cubs and went on one of baseball’s legendary rants, died Wednesday at the age of 87. His death comes roughly a week before what would have been ...

Lee Elia, the former Phillies manager from 1987-88 and the third base coach for the 1980 World Series team, died on Wednesday, the club announced. Elia, a Philadelphia native and product of Olney High ...

Like many Chicago Cubs managers who tried and failed to end the team’s legendary championship drought, Lee Elia didn’t last too long in his job. Elia managed 285 games for the Cubs from 1982-83, going ...

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Former manager of the Philadelphia Phillies and Chicago Cubs Lee Elia -- perhaps most famous for his rant directed at Cubs fans critical of his team -- has died at the age 87, the Phillies announced ...

Major League Baseball lost a legend in Lee Elia, known for one of the best postgame rants in the history of the league with the Cubs. Throughout the history of Major League Baseball, there have been ...

Lee Elia, a former major league player and coach who was managing the Chicago Cubs in 1983 when he famously criticized the team's fans for booing in a memorable postgame rant, has died. He was 87. The ...

Lee Elia, known for managing the Chicago Cubs and Philadelphia Phillies during his decades-long career in MLB (and for an infamous, expletive-filled postgame rant), has died. He was 87. The Phillies ...

Lee Elia, a former major league player and coach who was managing the Chicago Cubs in 1983 when he famously criticized the team's fans in a memorable postgame rant, has died. He was 87. The ...

Former Chicago Cubs and Philadelphia Phillies manager Lee Elia died Wednesday, the Phillies announced. He was 87 years old. Elia managed each of his two teams for two seasons, the Cubs from 1982 to ...