Lee Elia Cubs Rant (video)

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Another Manager Rant
Published 6/5/2008 by Fenway West (noreply@blogger.com) at Fenway West
Sometimes there is nothing better than a coach losing his shit in a press conference and last night we had another one. Watch below: I would not put this up there Lee Elia's rant, or Bobby Knight's halftime speech but it is good for a laugh. ...

Yep, this will save the Mariners season
Published 6/10/2008 by noreply@blogger.com (TJ) at Gheorghe: The Blog
The Seattle Mariners, ranked second-to-last in the American League in runs scored, batting average and slugging percentage (and dead last in OBP), decided to shake things up yesterday, firing hitting coach Jeff Pentland. Who cares, you say? Normally, not many folks outside the Pacific Northwest, but today you should care, because they brought 71-year-old Lee Elia in to replace him. Here's hoping the Mariners sink even further into an offensive abyss, setting up Elia Explosion 2.0 (if you're sitting in a cube like me, I strongly suggest you keep the volume low for this all-time classic blow-up): ...

Two Minute Warning: The Copycats
Published 10/16/2008 by Derek Jones at RotoRob
For Those About to Copy, We Salute You Sometimes, I worry about head coaches. No, not necessarily NFL coaches, but just in general. Two weeks ago, while announcing a Division III college football game, during a critical two-point conversion try with the score 30-20, I witnessed the trailing home team trotting out the wildcat formation. I wanted to scream. Now, the formation’s origin goes further back than a couple of weeks ago in Foxborough, Massachusetts. Yet, there is a time and place for a play like that. Certainly, trying to make the game a one possession contest midway through the fourth quarter is not the ...

85% of the World Work’s and the Other 15% Come Here
Published 20 days ago by Mike Silva at Mike Silva's NY Baseball Digest
Thought you might appreciate this video. I never heard this rant by Lee Elia. I know all of us, whether it be about our team or line of work, have felt this way.