Did back to the future predict world series winner. Marlins launch promo against back to the future cubs world. Sure enough, in 2016 the cubs who hadnt won the competition since 1908 stunned fans by beating cleveland indians. 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. 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. Oct 14, 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. Back to the future screenwriter bob gale predicted the cubs would win the 2015 world series but is a lifelong cardinals fan. With the chicago cubs division series clinching win tuesday against their top rival, the st. The cubs lost the 1945 world series to the detroit tigers, and did not win a world series championship again until 2016. Chicago twentysix years after its theatrical release, back to the future part ii still resonates with chicago cubs fans because it depicted the team as world series champion in 2015. Marlins launch promo against back to the future cubs world series prediction. Stop saying back to the future predicted the cubs victory.
Chicago cubs backs against the ivy on back to the future day. What will it take for the cubs to win a world series. Back to the future part ii was only a year off in predicting the cubs world series win. Back to the future ii predicts cubs 2015 world series win.
So, back to the future ii doesnt actually predict the cubs. The 1989 film back to the future part ii depicts the chicago cubs defeating a baseball team from miami in the 2015 world series, ending the longest championship drought in all four of the major north american professional sports leagues. Parks and recreation predicted the cubs world series win. Alongside the cubs winning the world series, and selflacing shoes being a real and. Feb 15, 2017 time to grab your hoverboard and selflacing trainers as we take a look at the back to future predictions which really did come true. 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. In 2016, the cubs would win the world series, defeating the cleveland indians in 7 games and winning their 3rd world series championship and first since 1908, breaking the 108year old drought and the 71year old curse of the billy goat.
Oct 20, 2016 the indians are headed back to the world series for the sixth time in their 116year history. Back to the future missed the cubs win by just a year. Back to the future ii correctly predicted cubs world series. The cubs winning the world series and president trump. The chicago cubs world series drought was only 81 years long in. Back to the future actor makes prediction chicago cubs will win world series. Chicago cubs fans hold world series hopes based on back to. Oct 16, 2015 was back to the future ii right about cubs. Oct 15, 2003 urban legend claims 1980s scifi flick predicts cubs world series victory this year. 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. If the cubs win, they will break a curse and go to the world series for the first time. Jun 02, 2015 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.
Ap jim frey, who managed the kansas city royals to the 1980 al pennant and the chicago cubs within one win of the 1984 world series. Back to the future ii almost predicted the cubs world. Nov 03, 2016 its just so apt that they happened to make their comeback so close to back to the future iis prediction. When the cubs pulled out a dramatic 87, 10inning victory over the indians in game 7 of the world series at progressive field on wednesday night, they not only ended a 108year championship drought but also joined a select group of neversaydie teams. The placement of the world series would have been correct otherwise.
Apr 01, 2015 back to the future part ii made some bold predictions about life in the wild and ohsozany future of 2015. According to the news, of course, the miami team will lose the 2015 series. With their win, the cubs are the first team to come back from a 31 deficit and win games 6 and 7 on the road since the 1979 pirates. The world series was the championship for major league baseball during the 20th. Mar 30, 2011 back to the future ii predicts cubs 2015 world series win. Back to the future 2 didnt predict the chicago cubs world. 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. Back to the future screenwriter bob gale happy for cubs, but.
Back to the future cocreator bob gale explains why he had the chicago cubs winning the 2015 world series in back to the future part ii. 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. This rumor began to spread on the internet in october 1997, immediately after the florida marlins who are based in miami defeated the. 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 screenplay and imagined this unlikely scenario is. It is a tale so unlikely, so ridiculous, that back to the future predicted it as a joke. Chicago cubs take on mets on back to the future day. The presidents rise to power is hinted at when film baddie biff goes into politics credit. 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. Back to the future ii correctly predicted cubs world. Will the cubs win the world series again in our lifetime. 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 timetraveling adventures and visions of the future. Although 2015 ended with an nlcs sweep to the mets, the cubs built a solid foundation for future success. Cubs 2015 nl wild card win over pirates was the first dance.
The drought was imbued with fresh intrigue in 1945, when a local tavern owner supposedly put a curse on the franchise. On wednesday night, the cubs won their first world series title since 1908, only one year off from the 2015 victory gale and back to the future. It remains to be seen if the world series championship part of the prediction will come to pass. Oct 07, 2015 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. Louis cardinals, the lovable losers from chicagos north side are one step closer to their first world. Oct 21, 2015 chicago cubs backs against the ivy on back to the future day. Back to the future ii predicted the cubs would win the. Back to the future screenwriter bob gale happy for cubs. 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. Oct 15, 2015 according to back to the future ii, which takes place in 2015, the chicago cubs are world series winners. Oct 08, 2015 unfortunately the 2015 cubs were swept out of the playoffs by the new york mets, dashing any hope of a back to the future part ii prediction of a world series for chicagos most beleaguered team. The chicago cubs are one win away from the world series.
With the chicago cubs divisionseriesclinching win tuesday against their top rival, the st. Back to the future sports baseball chicago cubs world series so you might possibly have heard that earlier this week the chicago cubs broke a 108year record to win the world series against the. Fox travel to the year 2015, and the cubs winning the world series was considered one of the movies more outlandish predictions. In one of the back to the future movies, doc christopher lloyd predicts that the cubs will win the world series in 2003. Predicting the end of a championship drought that spans generations within a year is pretty impressive. This inspires marty to pick up a sports almanac during. Back to the future part ii was only a year off in predicting the cubs world series win news coronavirus politics 2020 elections entertainment life. Back to the future part ii has a good chance of predicting this years world series winner. 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. The chicago cubs became world series champions for the first time in 108 years on wednesday night. Back to the future ii screenwriter bummed out the movies. 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. Should have listened to back to the future and put money on.
It may have been a year out, but back to the future ii did get it right, sending scifi fans wild and sparking a host of conspiracy theories about the show. Back to the future ii predicts cubs 2015 world series win youtube. They have a core of young middleof the order bats that any team in baseball would kill for right now. Cubs will win world series in 2015 back to the future. Back to the future ii correctly predicted cubs world series win in. Did back to the future correctly predict the chicago cubs would win the world series. Its been 19 years since their last pennant, a drought thats notable but was just the majors 12th. Back to the future part ii sees marty mcfly michael j.
They followed that with an division series win against the rival cardinals. If they win this game, the chicago cubs will continue their journey in the world series, and well see if the back to the future part ii prediction was right after all. Back to the future predicted this world series, sort of cnet. Tonight, the cubs will play the mets in game 4 of the sevengame series. Back to the future writer bob gale on cubs world series. The cubs have gone 71 years since winning a pennant and 108 years since winning the world series. Oct 21, 2015 but if the cubs win, then i look really smart. 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. But, in this timeline, the cubs did win the world series over miami. On october 21, 2015, the chicago cubs won the series in a sweep over.
Did back to the future predict this years world series winner. The florida marlins team began play in miami in 1993, and won the world series in 1997. Oct 16, 2015 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. Back to the future actor makes prediction chicago cubs will win world series duration. Mlb could have return plan formulated by may for possible. On wednesday night, the cubs won their first world series title since 1908, only one year off from the 2015 victory gale and back to the future director robert zemeckis predicted in their 1989. Back to the future predicted this world series, sort of. Oct 25, 2016 back to the future predicted this world series, sort of. That is, if the chicago cubs win tuesday against the cleveland indians in the first game of the world series and go on to sweep the whole. The classic flick predicted the end of the chicago cubs epic pennant drought, and, possibly, donald trumps rise on the political scene. 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. 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. They came close, but not quite after losing the 2015 national league championship series in a sweep.
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