On April 29th, 1983, Chicago Cubs manager Lee Elia was caught by only one intrepid reporter who recorded this masterpiece. Even if you're not sports inclined, this is a total gem.
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“**** those ****in’ fans who come out here and say they’re Cub fans that are supposed to be behind you rippin’ every ****in’ thing you do. I’ll tell you one ****in’ thing, I hope we get ****in’ hotter than shit, just to stuff it up them 3,000 ****in’ people that show up every ****in’ day, because if they’re the real Chicago ****in’ fans, they can kiss my ****in’ ass right downtown and PRINT IT.
“They’re really, really behind you around here… my ****in’ ass. What the **** am I supposed to do, go out there and let my ****in’ players get destroyed every day and be quiet about it? For the ****in’ nickel-dime people who turn up? The mother****ers don’t even work. That’s why they’re out at the ****in’ game. They oughta go out and get a ****in’ job and find out what it’s like to go out and earn a ****in’ living. Eighty-five percent of the ****in’ world is working. The other fifteen percent come out here. A ****in’ playground for the cocksuckers. Rip them mother****ers. Rip them ****in’ cocksuckers like the ****in’ players. we got guys bustin’ their ****in’ ass, and them ****in’ people boo. And that’s the Cubs? My players get around here. I haven’t seen it this ****in’ year. Everybody associated with this organization have been winners their whole ****in’ life. Everybody. And the credit is not given in that respect.
“Alright, they don’t show because we’re 5 and 14… and unfortunately, that’s the criteria of them dumb 15 mother****in’ percent that come out to day baseball. The other 85 percent are earning a living. I tell you, it’ll take more than a 5 and 12 or 5 and 14 to destroy the makeup of this club. I guarantee you that. There’s some ****in’ pros out there that wanna win. But you’re stuck in a ****in’ stigma of the ****in’ Dodgers and the Phillies and the Cardinals and all that cheap shit. It’s unbelievable. It really is. It’s a disheartening ****in’ situation that we’re in right now. Anybody who was associated with the Cub organization four or five years ago that came back and sees the multitude of progress that’s been made will understand that if they’re baseball people, that 5 and 14 doesn’t negate all that work. We got 143 ****in’ games left.
“What I’m tryin’ to say is don’t rip them ****in’ guys out there. Rip me. If you wanna rip somebody, rip my ****in’ ass. But don’t rip them ****in’ guys ’cause they’re givin’ everything they can give. And right now they’re tryin’ to do more than God gave ’em, and that’s why we make the simple mistakes. That’s exactly why.”
https://youtu.be/B2pai2QQA54
