Elia’s professional baseball career spanned more than 50 years as a player, coach, manager and executive, but his name will ...

Lee Elia, who died Wednesday at age 87, will always remain a significant part of Chicago Cubs lore, thanks to a rant for the ...

Lee Elia, who is perhaps best known for his rant directed at Cubs fans critical of his team in 1983, died Wednesday.

Remembering Les Grobstein — and the Lee Elia rant The radio icon’s death brings back memories of the former Cubs manager’s tirade in 1983 and a column-that-wasn’t two decades later.

Nobody is going to see this.'” Levine’s brother was former Chicago sports radio personality Les Grobstein (aka “The Grobber”), the keeper of the flame of the Elia tirade.

Elia managed each of his two teams for two seasons, the Cubs from 1982 to 1983 and the Phillies from 1987 to 1988. He accrued ...

Les Grobstein spent more than 50 years in sports broadcasting. He's best known for preserving Cubs manager Lee Elia's profane rant after a 1983 loss.

Les Grobstein, a longtime Chicago sports radio reporter and talk show host who recorded Lee Elia’s famous profanity-laced postgame rant about Cubs fans, has died.

Les Grobstein, a longtime Chicago sports radio reporter and talk show host who recorded Lee Elia's famous profanity-laced postgame rant about Cubs fans, has died.