Back to the future ii correctly predicted cubs world series win in 2015. According to back to the future ii, which takes place in 2015, the chicago cubs are world series winners. 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. 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. Back to the future predicted this world series, sort of cnet. The 2015 world series sweep by the chicago cubs in the. Its just so apt that they happened to make their comeback so close to back to the future iis prediction. As we saw in the video above, back in 1989 the cubs were predicted to win the 2015 world series with odds of 100 to 1, which would have been a handsome pay day to anyone smart enough to throw cash on the hypothetical outcome like biff did. As we saw in the video above, back in 1989 the cubs were predicted to win the 2015 world series with odds of 100to1, which would have been a handsome pay day to anyone smart enough to throw cash on the hypothetical outcome like biff did. Back to future ii writer discusses cubs prediction. 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. The cardinals are the team supported by back to the future writer bob gale.
Did back to the future predict chicago cubs world series. When the back to the future gang predicted that the chicago cubs would sweep the 2015 world series, they specified two things. Did back to the future predict a cubs world series win in. The movie, released in 1989, depicts a scene where marty mcfly travels to 2015 and sees a hologram congratulating the cubbies on winning the world series. Man predicted chicago cubs would win 2016 world series in. They came close, but not quite after losing the 2015 national league championship series in a sweep the cubs came back in 2016 and dominated the season with the best record in baseball. Time to grab your hoverboard and selflacing trainers as we take a look at the back to future predictions which really did come true. The classic flick predicted the end of the chicago cubs epic pennant drought, and, possibly, donald trumps rise on the political scene. Back to the future ii predicted the 2015 world series. Cubs will win world series in 2015 back to the future. The second movie in the trilogy doesnt actually predict that the cubs would win the world series in 2015. Marlins launch promo against back to the future cubs world series prediction. 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.
Oct 25, 2016 back to the future predicted this world series, sort of. Chicago the 1989 movie back to the future ii predicts a 2015 world series matchup between the cubs and thenfictional miami. Back to future saga predicted cubs will win it all in 2015. Did back to the future ii predict chicago cubs 2015 world series success. Did back to the future predict this years world series. With back to the future ii prediction, is it any surprise. 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. Back to the future 2 is the only other notable prediction that i can think of with the cubs and the world series. Could the back to the future part ii cubs prediction. 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. Whats most amazing about the cubs win, though, is not just the.
The florida marlins team began play in miami in 1993, and won the world series in 1997. Last year, there was a lot of buzz surrounding back to the future part ii and its prediction that the chicago cubs would win the world series in 2015. Parks and recreation predicted the cubs world series win. Ap photofrank franklin ii the chicago cubs are a team of destiny. Back to the future ii predicts cubs win 2015 world series. 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. And the joke in back to the future part ii is that the cubs are so inept theyd never win the world series unless, of course, they were opposed by a nameless american league team with a miami area code and a jovial alligator mascot. The 2015 world series sweep by the chicago cubs in. Did back to the future predict the cubs would win world series. Back to the future screenwriter bob gale happy for cubs, but.
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. Back to future saga predicted cubs will win it all in. Back to the future writer who predicted 2015 cubs world series win is cards fan. Michael j fox says back to the future predicted chicago. Back to the future ii correctly predicted cubs world. Oct 14, 2015 did back to the future correctly predict the chicago cubs would win the world series. Though the film correctly predicted that an mlb team would exist in miami by 2015. Sorry to burst the bubbles of cubs fans, back to the future fans and fans of sheer randomness, but ive got some bad news for you. Nov 03, 2016 its just so apt that they happened to make their comeback so close to back to the future iis prediction. 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. Oct 15, 2015 according to back to the future ii, which takes place in 2015, the chicago cubs are world series winners. Oct 16, 2015 chicagos division series win brings cubs a step closer to 1989 films 2015 reality. Were one year on from back to the future day, which marked the date marty.
That is, if the chicago cubs win tuesday against the cleveland indians in. Back to the future ii predicts the cubs will win the world. 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. Team makes it to the next round of the playoffs right on time for iconic films prophecy. The placement of the world series would have been correct otherwise.
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. Oct 21, 2015 sorry to burst the bubbles of cubs fans, back to the future fans and fans of sheer randomness, but ive got some bad news for you. Back to the future ii predicted the cubs would win the. Back to the future cowriter bob gale on the prediction in 1989s back to the. 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. Oct 08, 2015 chicago the 1989 movie back to the future ii predicts a 2015 world series matchup between the cubs and thenfictional miami. So, back to the future ii doesnt actually predict the cubs will win. Alongside the cubs winning the world series, and selflacing shoes being a real and. According to the news, of course, the miami team will lose the 2015 series. 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. Fox reminds fans back to the future predicted cubs win. Part 2, michaels character, marty mcfly, time travels to october 21, 2015, where he discovers to his bewilderment that the baseball team had finally won the world series. 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.
One of the funnier or at least seemingly farfetched future related jokes of back to the future hinged on the fact that perennially beatendown chicago cubs were in line to win the world series. Things are so crazy in the faroff world of 2015 that the chicago cubs win the world series. 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. Marlins launch promo against back to the future cubs. On wednesday night, the cubs won their first world series title since 1908. 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.
Chicago cubs will win 2015 world series vs miami marlins. Chicagos divisionseries win brings cubs a step closer to 1989 films 2015 reality. Back to the future ii predicted the cubs would win the world series. Did back to the future predict this years world series winner. Cubs out of world series on back to the future day. Back to the future part ii made some bold predictions about life in the wild and ohsozany future of 2015. The future part ii was only a year off in predicting the cubs world. In the film, marty, played by fox, is astounded the cubs won the fall. Earlier this year, the onceimpossible regularseason game occurred. Back to the future day has been a whirlwind extravaganza. All the and finally news a classic scifi movie from.
When the movie back to the future ii came out in 1989, the joke was selfevident. Louis, mo ktvi a lot of people are rooting for the chicago cubs because of a prediction made in the movie back to the future ii. 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. So, back to the future ii doesnt actually predict the.
Ok, so the film predicted the cubs would get their first world series. Fox, who played the films main character marty mcfly. The 1989 film back to the future ii did not correctly predict chicago would be the winner of a 2015 cubsmarlins world series matchup. Back to the future predicted this world series, sort of.
The chicago cubs were swept out of the playoffs on oct. Back to the future ii correctly predicted cubs world series. Back to the future ii predicts cubs 2015 world series win. Chicago cubs fans hold world series hopes based on back to. Back to the future part ii was only a year off in predicting the cubs world series win. Aug 10, 2015 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. Oct 15, 2015 one of the funnier or at least seemingly farfetched future related jokes of back to the future hinged on the fact that perennially beatendown chicago cubs were in line to win the world series. 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 bob gale, a. 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. And the cubs winning the world series got a big laugh from audiences. Back to the future ii has some unique takes on life in 2015. 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. Nov 03, 2016 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. Part 2, michaels character, marty mcfly, time travels.
Did back to the future predict a cubs world series win in 2015. Back to the future ii predicted the 2015 world series, and. Did back to the future ii predict the 2015 world series. As fans of the cubs and of pop culture have known since 1989, when the movie back to the future part ii was released, this is the. Did back to the future predict a cubs world series win. Back to the future part ii predicted that the chicago cubs will win the world series.
The 1989 film back to the future ii did not correctly predict chicago would be the winner of a 2015 cubsmarlins. 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 bob gale. Did back to the future correctly predict the chicago cubs would win the world series. The cubs winning the world series and president trump. Back to the future predicted chicago cubs would win world series in 2015. Oct 15, 2003 in one of the back to the future movies, doc christopher lloyd predicts that the cubs will win the world series in 2003. Back to the future ii predicts cubs 2015 world series win youtube. Did back to the future predict world series winner. It is a tale so unlikely, so ridiculous, that back to the future predicted it as a joke. 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. In 1989, back to the future part ii predicted the chicago cubs would win the world series in 2015. 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. Back to the future ii correctly predicted cubs world series win in. Could the back to the future part ii cubs prediction come true.
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. So, back to the future ii doesnt actually predict the cubs. The second movie in the trilogy doesnt actually predict that. Did back to the future predict the cubs would win world. The 1989 movie back to the future part ii predicted the cubs would win the world series in 2015. 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. Chicago cubs fans hold world series hopes based on back. In one of the back to the future movies, doc christopher lloyd predicts that the cubs will win the world series in 2003. Did back to the future part ii predict 2015 world series victory for chicago cubs. Jan 01, 2015 back to future saga predicted cubs will win it all in 2015. The cubs beat the cardinals this week to advance to the national league championship series. Back to the future ii almost predicted the cubs world. Michael j fox says back to the future predicted chicago cubs.