Did back to the future predict world series winner. Michael lees senior yearbook in 1993 correctly predicted the chicago cubs would win the 2016 world series. Back to the future ii almost predicted the cubs world. The mlb futures odds at bovada include world series odds for each of the 30 mlb teams. Players have reported for spring training and the rich mlb teams seem to keep getting richer in their attempt to win the world series.
Three years after cubs world series win, pressure to repeat has taken toll. Back to the future cowriter bob gale on the prediction in 1989s back to the future ii of a chicago cubs world series win in 2015. With their 40 win wednesday night against the pittsburgh pirates, the chicago cubs cracked the bigboy portion of the playoffs and now stand 12 wins away from a world series title. On friday, the screenwriter for the movie explained the origin of the prediction. Back to the future screenwriter bob gale predicted the cubs would win the 2015 world series but is a lifelong cardinals fan. Sep 21, 2015 cardinals fan wrote cubs winning world series in back to the future 2 famously, the cubs win the 2015 world series in back to the future 2. Back to the future writer, a cardinals fan, discusses prediction of cubs winning 2015 world series. Back to the future part ii predicted that the chicago cubs would defeat miami in the 2015 world series. Did back to the future predict the cubs would win world series.
Oct 25, 2016 twentythree years later, as the cubs win the world series in game 7 with a 87 nailbiting victory over the cleveland indians, the internet is going wild when meza connected with lee on. But the north side underdogs may have the last laugh after all. Discussion about back to the future 2 script from the future. Chicago cubs take on mets on back to the future day digital. Back to the future predicted this world series, sort of. Descalso played with the cardinals when they won the world series in 2011 and when they went back in 20, and then. The cubs have gone 71 years since winning a pennant and 108 years since winning the world series.
Man predicted chicago cubs would win 2016 world series in. Cubs predicted as 2015 world series champs part one takes place in october 1985, so were going to jump ahead to 2015, and theres no bigger sports event in october than the world series, and there was no more insane, outrageous, unbelievable thing to have happen than to have the cubs win it, gale says with a laugh. Back to the future ii correctly predicted cubs world. Three years after cubs world series win, pressure to. But for an organization coming off a disappointing 84 win season and back to back falls sitting at home watching the majority of the playoffs, its hard to see that as a realistic course of action for the. Nov 03, 2016 cubs end 108year wait for world series title, after a little more torment cubs players after scratching out a victory in an epic game wednesday night in cleveland. The 112th edition of the world series, it was a bestofseven playoff between the national league nl champion chicago cubs and the american league al champion cleveland indians, the first meeting of those franchises in postseason history. Nov 03, 2016 its just so apt that they happened to make their comeback so close to back to the future iis prediction. Nov 02, 2016 the chicago cubs hadnt won the world series since 1908, so it was an amusing prediction to make in back to the future part ii in 1989 that theyd win the world series in 2015. Predicting the end of a championship drought that spans generations within a year is pretty impressive. Nov 03, 2016 back to the future predicted baseball team the chicago cubs would end their world series drought and missed out by just a year on wednesday night, the cubs defeated the cleveland indians 87.
Back to future saga predicted cubs will win it all in. According to the news, of course, the miami team will lose the 2015 series. Marlins launch promo against back to the future cubs world series prediction. The chicago cubs became world series champions for the first time in 108 years on wednesday night.
Fox travel to the year 2015, and the cubs winning the world series was considered one of the movies more outlandish predictions. Back to the future screenwriter bob gale discusses prediction of. Soon afterward, an urban legend arose that back to the future part ii had predicted that a team from miami would win the world series in 1997. Twentysix years after back to the future ii hit cinemas, the films prediction that the chicago cubs would win the 2015 world series might actually come true. Out of all the predictions made about the future when the movie was made, in 1989, the most outlandish one always seemed a news announcement that the chicago cubs had won the world series. It remains to be seen if the world series championship. In 1989, when back to the future part ii came out, the chicago cubs had not won a world series in 81 years and miami did not have a major. Back to the future ii predicts cubs 2015 world series win youtube. This inspires marty to pick up a sports almanac during. Oct 03, 2015 back to the future actor makes prediction chicago cubs will win world series back to the future actor makes prediction chicago cubs will win world series. In back to the future part ii, the character terry, played by charles fleischer, tells mcfly that he wishes he could go back in time and bet on the cubs to win the world series at 100to1 odds. As crazy as it is to say out loud, the chicago cubs finally, finally won the world series wednesday night. And the cubs winning the world series got a big laugh from audiences.
In the back to the future series, one of the many wild predictions included the chicago cubs winning the world series on october 21, 2015. Back to future ii writer discusses cubs prediction. The cubs had gone 108 years without winning the world series and i was in. Gale said the prediction grew out of the plotline in which primary. Back to the future part ii made some bold predictions about life in the wild and ohsozany future of 2015. Back to the future part ii has a good chance of predicting this years world series. They came close, but not quite after losing the 2015 national league championship series in a sweep.
Thats because the 1989 movie back to the future part ii predicted the cubs would win the 2015 world series, and the man who wrote the. The cubs need to win four of five games to make it to the world series and keep a back to the future part ii prediction alive. Oct 21, 2015 so, back to the future ii doesnt actually predict the cubs will win the world series. Oct 16, 2015 chicagos division series win brings cubs a step closer to 1989 films 2015 reality. Back to the future actor makes prediction chicago cubs.
The chicago cubs celebrate after winning the 2016 world series. Aug 10, 2015 the advent of the fax machine felt like the future when back to the future part ii was made, but in the time since, the internet happened, and the only place youre likely to find one now. More important, at least for film fans not from chicago, a cubs world series championship would make one imagined element of back to the future iis 2015 a reality. Even guys who are on the cubs have seen back to the future ii and. The 1987 film back to the future ii correctly predicted that the florida marlins would win the 1997 world series and that the cubs would play florida in the 2015 world series. Could the back to the future part ii cubs prediction come true. Cubs win world series november 2, 2016 april 20, 2017 patrick delahanty the chicago cubs hadnt won the world series since 1908, so it was an amusing prediction to make in back to the future part ii in 1989 that theyd win the world series in 2015. You know, there really is, like a 14 to 1 possibility. Back to the future ii correctly predicted cubs world series win in. Feb 18, 2020 2020 chicago white sox predictions and odds to win the world series with expert analysis by mlb free picks experts at.
Yet, theyll bring back much of the core that won a championship in 2017 and a. Chicago cubs fans hold world series hopes based on back. Oct 07, 2015 cubs win world series back to the future 2 duration. Could the back to the future part ii cubs prediction. The chicago cubs world series drought was only 81 years long in. Back to the future ii predicts the cubs will win the world. Cardinals fan wrote cubs winning world series in back to the.
If the chicago cubs end their 107year championship drought this season, they might owe some of the credit to a fan of their biggest rival. Back to the future ii screenwriter bummed out the movies. So, back to the future ii doesnt actually predict the cubs. However, sensing a good idea that will quickly turn evil, marty buys the sports almanac, old biff sees it, then steals the delorean to go back to 1955 and give it to his younger self. Back to the future ii predicts the cubs will win the world series in 2015 posted by thibadoe tiger on 1015 at 9. Back to the future ii predicts cubs 2015 world series win. Alongside the cubs winning the world series, and selflacing shoes being a real and purchasable thing now, the back to the future sequel got some other things right about life. The chicago cubs celebrate after defeating the indians 87 in game 7 to win the world series in cleveland. Ap jim frey, who managed the kansas city royals to the 1980 al pennant and the chicago cubs to within one win of the 1984 world series, has died.
Back to the future ii predicted the cubs would win the. The classic flick predicted the end of the chicago cubs epic pennant drought, and, possibly, donald trumps rise on the political scene. Did back to the future correctly predict the chicago cubs would win the world series. Thats in part because the dodgers are the only other favorite in the nl that i feel good about at all, and theyre just not that enticing after getting beat in backtoback world series appearances in 2017 and 2018.
Alongside the cubs winning the world series, and selflacing shoes being a real and. The chicago cubs are going to win the 2015 world series. Frey managed the kansas city royals to the 1980 al pennant and the chicago cubs within one win of the 1984 world series. Instead of betting on the outcome of a single game, you can bet on the outcome of an event that will be decided sometime in the future like who will win the world series. Did back to the future predict this years world series winner. Twitter in 1989, back to the future part ii predicted the.
Marlins launch promo against back to the future cubs. Back to future saga predicted cubs will win it all in 2015. Cubs won 2015 world series in back to the future 2 after the acquisitions of jon lester and miguel montero, its worth remembering what hollywood thinks of the cubs chances in 2015. Back to the future part ii was off by one year, but parks and recreation nailed it. Bob gale cowrote the back to the future trilogy with director robert zemeckis, which predicted the chicago cubs would win the world series in 2015. Cubs will win world series in 2015 back to the future part ii predicted it. Back to the future ii correctly predicted cubs world series. Cubs will win world series in 2015 back to the future. The future part ii was only a year off in predicting the cubs world.
In 1989 a scriptwriter called bob gale needed to sort out a plot twist for back to the future part ii, the one. In the film the chicago cubs won the world series, but in reality the kansas city royals were the 2015 world champions defeating the mets who beat the cubs. They then ousted the giants in the nl division series and beat the dodgers in the nl championship series to reach the world series against the indians, who opened a 31 lead in the bestofseven series. Back to the future writer bob gale on cubs world series. The 2016 world series was the championship series of major league baseballs mlb 2016 season. Did back to the future predict the cubs would win world.
In 1989 a scriptwriter called bob gale needed to sort out a plot twist for back to the future part ii, the one where. Cardinals fan wrote cubs winning world series in back to the future 2 famously, the cubs win the 2015 world series in back to the future 2. Baseball fans should get their bets in now, though, because if the film is to be trusted, the cubs could go on to beat miami in the 2015 championship game. In 1989, when back to the future part ii came out, the chicago cubs had not won a world series in 81 years and miami did not have a major league baseball franchise. When maddon ended the cubs 108year world series drought in his second year on the job, he forever changed the expectations for the city. But, in this timeline, the cubs did win the world series over miami. One of the funnier or at least seemingly farfetched futurerelated jokes of back to the future hinged on the fact that perennially beatendown chicago cubs were in line to win the world series in 2015. Espns jesse rogers said that an official announcement from the cubs should come later on sunday.
Cubs win world series, biffs character based on trump according to director, 911 hidden messages page 4 at the godlikeproductions conspiracy forum. Oct 21, 2015 back to the future part ii predicted that the cubs would win the 2015 world series, but the team may be eliminated on a day designed to celebrate the film. In back to the future ii, someone mentions to marty mcfly that he wished hed bet on the cubs to win that years world series, i. It is a tale so unlikely, so ridiculous, that back to the future predicted it as a joke. Matt slocumap in 1989 a scriptwriter called bob gale needed to sort out a. Coronavirus mlb update, 31520 opening day delayed until memorial day. Cubs end 108year wait for world series title, after a little. Cubs pick up anthony rizzos option for 2020 nbc sports. Back to the future actor makes prediction chicago cubs will win world series back to the future actor makes prediction chicago cubs will win world series. Chicago cubs fans hold world series hopes based on back to the future prediction you dont have to believe everything hollywood says, but cubs fans do. Back to the future part ii sees marty mcfly michael j.
Back to the future missed the cubs win by just a year. Jan 09, 2019 the cubs need to win four of five games to make it to the world series and keep a back to the future part ii prediction alive. Louis and after we lost the first game i thought what is this cubs curse thing. Whats most amazing about the cubs win, though, is not just the general fact that they broke their overcentury long streak, but they did it only a year after it was predicted to happen in 1989s back to the future ii. Oct 25, 2016 back to the future predicted this world series, sort of. Cubs will win world series in 2015 back to the future part ii. Before locking in any 2020 world series picks, you need to see the latest. Oct 15, 2015 according to back to the future ii, which takes place in 2015, the chicago cubs are world series winners. Yet, theyll bring back much of the core that won a championship. Oct 16, 2015 in back to the future part ii, the character terry, played by charles fleischer, tells mcfly that he wishes he could go back in time and bet on the cubs to win the world series at 100 to 1 odds. There is still a chance the cubs could win the world series in 2015. Back to the future actor makes prediction chicago cubs will. Cardinals fan wrote cubs winning world series in back to.
Why we picked the cubs to win the 2015 world series. But im a baseball fan and if you were going to pick a cubs team. Oct 14, 2015 back to the future trilogy aficionados will know the date. The florida marlins team began play in miami in 1993, and won the world series in 1997. The cubs did go on to face the marlins in the 2003 playoffs not the world series, but nothing came of it. Business is about to pick up at the north side church of mcfly. It was an epic victory 108 years in the making, something the folks at parks and rec seemed to know was coming. With designated hitter kyle schwarber back in a shuffled lineup, the. The cubs were the preseason favorites to win it all, and they won 103 games to claim the national league central. Back to the future predicted this world series, sort of cnet.
The cubs, the mets and that back to the future ii prediction for 2015 back to the future ii predicts cubs win 2015 world series by neil best neil. Back to the future ii has some unique takes on life in 2015. The chicago cubs world series drought was only 81 years long in 1989 when back to the future part ii hit movie theaters with another installment of doc browns and marty mcflys time. Back to the future part ii was only a year off in predicting the cubs world series win. Back to the future screenwriter explains cubs prediction.
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