1983 - Remember When?
 

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

Audio of Tirade

That is beautiful!

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

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

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.

Music to my ears :D