Lee Elia, a longtime baseball lifer who may be best known for his epic 1983 rant, died this week at the age of 87.

Elia played in 95 big league games and managed 538 with the Chicago Cubs and Philadelphia Phillies. But it was after one of those games when Elia gave perhaps one of the most legendary rants of all time.

On April 29, 1983, Elia was the skipper for the Cubs when they dropped to 5-14 with a 4-3 loss to the Los Angeles Dodgers. The Wrigley Field crowd of 9,391 threw garbage at Keith Moreland and Larry Bowa as the Cubs made their way to the clubhouse.

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Elia responded with an expletive-filled rant against Cubs fans that included at least 40 f-bombs.

"F--k those f---ing fans who come out here and say they’re Cub fans that are supposed to be behind you ripping every f---ing thing you do," Elia began. "I’ll tell you one f---ing thing, I hope we get f---ing hotter than s---, just to stuff it up them 3,000 f---ing people that show up every f---ing day, because if they’re the real Chicago f---ing fans, they can kiss my f---ing a-- right downtown."

That was just the beginning of the three-plus-minute tirade that was caught on a lone microphone in the clubhouse that day.

As part of his remarks, he declared that 85% of the world was working, while "the other 15% come out here." Back then, there were no lights at Wrigley Field, and the Cubs played only day games at home.

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"'They’re really, really behind you around here.' My f---ing a--," Elia continued. "What the f--- am I supposed to do, go out there and let my f---ing players get destroyed every day and be quiet about it? For the f---ing nickel-dime people that show up? The motherf---ers don’t even work. That’s why they’re out at the f---ing game. They oughta go out and get a f---ing job and find out what it’s like to go out and earn a f---ing living." 

Elia, a Philadelphia native, had a 238-300 record in four seasons as a big league manager, two with the Cubs and two with the Phillies. He was a shortstop during his playing career, batting .203 with three homers and 25 RBIs in 95 games with the White Sox and Cubs. He was the third base coach when the Phillies won the 1980 World Series.

Elia also worked for the Seattle Mariners from 1993-97, 2001-02 and in 2008 as a hitting coach, bench coach and special assistant to the field manager.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump departed to visit Kerrville, Texas, Friday, following massive floods in the region that have taken the lives of more than 120 people. 

The Trumps are expected to meet with local officials and first responders who are navigating the aftermath of flash floods that devastated the Central Texas community, after the Guadalupe River surged more than 22 feet in just a matter of hours. 

Among those who died in the flooding were at least 27 campers and counselors from Camp Mystic, a Christian summer camp founded nearly 100 years ago for girls. Meanwhile, more than 160 people are missing and unaccounted for in Kerry County, Texas, following the floods, according to officials. 

The White House disclosed Monday that Trump would visit the flood site to witness the devastation. 

"I'll be going down on Friday with the first lady, and we will be taking a trip," Trump said Tuesday at a Cabinet meeting. "And we don't want to get in anyone's way, because, you know, it's what happens. The president goes, and everyone's around focused. I don't want anyone to focus on us, but it's possible they could have." 

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The Trump administration has faced scrutiny from Democrats for its response to the disaster, particularly for a new policy that Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem approved in June, before the floods, that requires her to sign off on any department expenses, including disaster-related expenses, that are more than $100,000.

Noem reportedly waited more than 72 hours after the flooding started before she approved the deployment of the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) Urban Search and Rescue teams, according to CNN. 

Meanwhile, Noem dismissed the report's credibility during a segment on "Fox & Friends" on Thursday, claiming the report was "fake news." 

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS), which oversees FEMA, told Fox News Digital that the agency has "taken an all-hands-on-deck approach" in responding to the crisis, when asked about the CNN report. 

"The old processes are being replaced because they failed Americans in real emergencies for decades," DHS spokesperson Tricia McLaughlin said in a statement to Fox News Digital. 

Trump also defended his administration’s response and said at the White House during a Tuesday Cabinet meeting that "you had people there as fast as anybody’s ever seen." 

Still, the disaster creates uncertainty about the future of FEMA, since Trump has called for massive reforms to the agency. 

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Trump said in June that he wanted to "wean off of FEMA, and we want to bring it back to the state level." 

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said that the future of FEMA is an ongoing discussion, when asked whether the flood had prompted Trump to re-evaluate his position on overhauling FEMA. 

"The president wants to ensure American citizens always have what they need during times of need," Leavitt told reporterson Monday. "Whether that assistance comes from states or the federal government, that’s a policy discussion that will continue. And the president has always said he wants states to do as much as they can, if not more."

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Meanwhile, Noem lauded FEMA’s efforts responding to the disaster during the Cabinet meeting, even as some lawmakers like Rep. Jared Moscowitz, D-Fla., have called for an investigation into reports of a delayed FEMA response. 

"FEMA has been deployed, and we’re cutting through the paperwork of the old FEMA, streamlining it much like your vision of how FEMA should operate," Noem said. "It’s been a much better response to help these families get through this terrible situation."