1983 - Remember When?

[Ksyrup]

On the heels of the tragic story of Joe Delaney, which occurred in 1983 and I had no clue about it, I've stumbled across another story from 1983 - this one funny, and I remember it well, since I was only 11 at the time. I learned quite a lot, actually, from listening to Lee Elia that April day, much of which I continue to utilize on a daily basis (not in front of the kids of course!):

Transcript of Lee Elia's Tirade (http://www.seanparnell.com/Chicago/Elia.htm)

Audio of Tirade (http://members.bellatlantic.net/~vze2bh46/LeeEliaTirade.mp3)

[The Afoci]

That is beautiful!

[Swaggs]

My child-protection program blocked out every other word. ;)

[Ben E Lou]

Jay Johnstone quoted the entire tirade in one of his books.

[bigdawg2003]

I think somebody posted a link to the audio file a while back, which was the first time i'd ever heard of it or heard it. Hilarious stuff.

"THE MOTHER****ERS DON'T EVEN WORK! THAT'S WHY THEY'RE AT THE ****ING GAME!"

[Ksyrup]

Originally posted by bigdawg2003
I think somebody posted a link to the audio file a while back, which was the first time i'd ever heard of it or heard it. Hilarious stuff.

"THE MOTHER****ERS DON'T EVEN WORK! THAT'S WHY THEY'RE AT THE ****ING GAME!"

Yeah, that kinda puts a different spin on the lovefest everyone had (or still has) for day baseball in Chicago.

[ISiddiqui]

Music to my ears :D