Elia joins Orioles as bench coach

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BALTIMORE -- The Orioles added longtime coach Lee Elia to their coaching staff Monday, the final move that completed the 2006 on-field staff that will work under manager Sam Perlozzo.
Elia will serve as the team's bench coach, coming to Baltimore after three years as Tampa Bay's hitting coach. He has been a coach or manager in the Major Leagues for 22 seasons and is the team's second new coach. The Orioles recently announced that longtime Perlozzo friend Leo Mazzone would replace Ray Miller as pitching coach.

Tom Trebelhorn had moved from third base to bench coach when Perlozzo was named interim manager on Aug. 4. Trebelhorn now shifts back to third base, and Rick Dempsey, who had gone to third base, becomes bullpen coach. He takes over for Elrod Hendricks and also will be the catching instructor.

Dave Cash took over as first-base coach -- where Dempsey had been -- in August and returns to that job. Terry Crowley comes back for his eighth year as the team's hitting coach. It's going to be his 20th overall season as a hitting coach in the Major Leagues.

Elia and Perlozzo have been together before, working under then-Seattle manager Lou Piniella on the Mariners' coaching staff from 1993-95. The Philadelphia native also coached Toronto, the Yankees, Philadelphia and managed the Phillies (1987-88) and the Cubs (1982-83) for a season-and-a-half apiece, finishing with a 238-300 record.

"I'm excited as heck now," Elia said on Monday. "Being an East Coast guy and having a chance to work with Sammy, it's a great opportunity for me."

Elia said he has seen the talent the Orioles have and is optimistic about what the next few years could bring to the team.

"I don't see them as being too far away," Elia said. "It seems to be a lot closer than the record indicates. Every team has holes that have to be filled. I think the basic ingredients on the club are pretty good and sound, and adding on to what we have could make us a better ballclub."

Elia said he has always been impressed with the Orioles coaching staff and is hoping for good things this season.

"I viewed that staff over there from the other side of the field for several years, and I think it's a great staff," Elia said. "It's great to be working with them."

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Haha isn't Lee Elia the same guy who went absolutely ape **** in a post game interview or a press conference back in the day?

Edit: He is! :laugh:

http://quote.webcircle.com/cgi-bin/features.cgi?idFeature=4

Lee Elia's 1983 Rant

From Lee Elia, Chicago Cubs, Manager, in April, 1983 (before Wrigley Field had lights for night baseball), following a home loss to the Dodgers and in front of writers and microphones:

F*ck those f*ckin' fans who come out here and say they're Cub fans that are supposed to be behind you, rippin' every f*ckin' thing you do. I'll tell you one f*ckin' thing, I hope we get f*ckin' hotter than sh*t, just to stuff it up them 3,000 f*ckin' people that show up every f*ckin' day, because if they're the real Chicago f*ckin' fans, they can kiss my f*ckin' ass right downtown and PRINT IT.

They're really, really behind you around here...my f*ckin' ass. What the f*ck am I supposed to do, go out there and let my f*ckin' players get destroyed every day and be quiet about it? For the f*ckin' nickel-dime people who turn up? The motherf*ckers don't even work. That's why they're out at the f*ckin' game. They oughta go out and get a f*ckin' job and find out what it's like to go out and earn a f*ckin' living. Eighty-five percent of the f*ckin' world is working. The other fifteen percent come out here. A f*ckin' playground for the cocks*ckers. Rip them motherf*ckers. Rip them f*ckin' cocks*ckers like the f*ckin' players. We got guys bustin' their f*ckin' ass, and them f*ckin' people boo. And that's the Cubs? My f*ckin' ass. They talk about the great f*ckin' support the players get around here. I haven't see it this f*ckin' year. Everybody associated with this organization have been winners their whole f*ckin' 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 fifteen motherf*ckin' percent that come out to day baseball. The other eighty-five 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 f*ckin' pros out there that wanna win. But you're stuck in a f*ckin' stigma of the f*ckin' Dodgers and the Phillies and the Cardinals an all that cheap sh*t. It's unbelievable. It really is. It's a disheartening f*ckin' 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 f*ckin' games left.

What I'm tryin' to say is don't rip them f*ckin' guys out there. Rip me. If you wanna rip somebody, rip my f*ckin' ass. But don't rip them f*ckin' 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.

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This is some funny stuff. So when was he fired after that rant?Next day or end of season.

The good thing in all that is the support he will give his guys.

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This is some funny stuff. So when was he fired after that rant?Next day or end of season.

The good thing in all that is the support he will give his guys.

I really have no idea. All i remember is seeing it on sportscenter a few years ago, they had a top 10 all time managers rants or something. hysterical.