The cubs still have a shot to win the world series in this. Fox reminds fans back to the future predicted chicago cubs would win world series in 2015. The 2015 world series was the championship series of major league baseballs mlb 2015 season. 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. So, back to the future ii doesnt actually predict the cubs. 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. 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. Oct 07, 2015 the screenwriter of back to the future part ii which famously had the cubs winning the world series in 2015 meant it as a joke. That is, if the chicago cubs win tuesday against the cleveland. The cubs drought is such a cruel joke that when back to the future part ii came out in 1989, the prospect of the team winning a world series was. Back to the future ii almost predicted the cubs world. Mar 30, 2011 back to the 2015 future 3,722,611 views.
Chicago cubs fans hold world series hopes based on back. 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. Did back to the future correctly predict the chicago cubs would win the world series. Back to the future part ii is playing in theaters on wednesday, oct. 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 ii predicts cubs 2015 world series win youtube. Fox learns in 2015 that the cubs have just won the world series against miami after starting the season with 100to1 odds. Ok, so the film predicted the cubs would get their first world series championship in over a century in 2015 against the miami gators, a team that doesnt exist. At twin pines mall, before planning to go from 1985 to 2015, dr. Michael j fox says back to the future predicted chicago. Back to the future ii correctly predicted cubs world series win in 2015. One such prediction for the year 2015 watch above included a chicago cubs world series victory over the miami gators baseball team in a. Oct 02, 2015 chicago tom wilson, aka biff from back to the future, drove the delorean to wrigleyville friday morning to deliver the news in person.
The screenwriter of back to the future part ii which famously had the cubs winning the world series in 2015 meant it as a joke. Mar 03, 2015 if the chicago cubs win the 2015 world series this fall, as predicted in back to the future part ii, you could be the proud new owner of a delorean time machine, the famous hover car. Back to the future ii correctly predicted cubs world series. Back to the future ii correctly predicted cubs world. 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. Doc brown, marty mcfly and jennifer parker arrive in 2015 to save martin mcfly, jr. You know, there really is, like a 14 to 1 possibility. 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. Foxs character, marty mcfly, is stunned by news that cubs win world series in 2015, when part of 1989s back to the future ii is set. 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. In back to the future ii, in 2015, the queen of england is diana.
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. 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 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 15, 2015 according to back to the future ii, which takes place in 2015, the chicago cubs are world series winners. Back to the future got a bunch of things right about 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. The marlins are listed at 331 to win the 2015 world series. The cubs winning the world series and president trump. 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.
It is a tale so unlikely, so ridiculous, that back to the future predicted it as a joke. Back to the predictions comparing back to the futures. And while the cubs still havent won a world series now at 107 years and counting, miami does indeed have an mlb team and the marlins have even. Did back to the future ii predict the 2015 world series. In real life, on october 21, 2015, the new york mets swept the cubs out of a chance to go to the world series, and on november 1, kansas city defeated mets to win the world series for the second time. 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 predicted this world series, sort of. Nov 14, 2011 when the back to the future gang predicted that the chicago cubs would sweep the 2015 world series, they specified two things. Back to the future predicted this world series, sort of cnet. Back to the future ii predicted the 2015 world series.
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. In back to the future part ii, marty mcfly, played by michael j. 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. 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. 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. Despite losing in 2015, one year later the cubs did win the 2016 world series against the cleveland indians. Cubs will win world series in 2015 back to the future. The series was played between october 27 and november 1, with the royals winning the series 4 games to 1. 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. Ap photofrank franklin ii the chicago cubs are a team of destiny. The chicago cubs became world series champions for the first time in 108. Chicago cubs hold the keys to the back to the future.
Chicago cubs will win 2015 world series vs miami marlins. Dec 26, 2014 in the 1989 movie back to the future part ii, marty mcfly michael j. 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. Cubs will win world series in 2015 back to the future part ii. That would be a callback to back to the future ii, released in 1989 but set in 2015. Oct 16, 2015 the chicago cubs are so close to the 2015 world series. Back to the future part ii was only a year off in predicting the cubs world series win. 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. Fox salutes chicago cubs on world series win with back to the future ii reference.
The presidents rise to power is hinted at when film baddie biff goes into politics credit. Cubs go back to the future by winning 2015 world series. Cardinals fan wrote cubs winning world series in back to the. The 1989 film back to the future ii did not correctly predict chicago would be the winner of a 2015 cubsmarlins.
They came close, but not quite after losing the 2015 national league championship series in a sweep. Back to the predictions comparing back to the futures 2015. 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. The world series was the championship for major league baseball during the 20th and 21st centuries. 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 out of world series on back to the future day. Chicago cubs fans hold world series hopes based on back to. The classic flick predicted the end of the chicago cubs epic pennant drought, and, possibly, donald trumps rise on the political scene. 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.
Cubs get 1st playoff win in years after meeting miami in. The cubs have gone 71 years since winning a pennant and 108 years since winning 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. Things are so crazy in the faroff world of 2015 that the chicago cubs win the world series. When the movie back to the future ii came out in 1989, the joke was selfevident. Did back to the future predict world series winner. The 111th edition of the world series, it was a bestofseven playoff between the national league nl champion new york mets and the american league al champion kansas city royals. In the 1989 film, marty mcfly, traveled 30 years into the future and a fictitious usa today headline is cubs sweep series in 5 against miami on oct. Back to the future ii predicted the cubs would win the. And the cubs winning the world series got a big laugh from audiences. 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 cubs hadnt won the world series in 81 years, and miami didnt even have a baseball team. Back to the future predicted a cubs 2015 world series. Emmett brown was looking forward to finding out who would win the next twentyfive world series.
Back to the future screenwriter bob gale happy for cubs, but. Michael j fox says back to the future predicted chicago cubs. Even guys who are on the cubs have seen back to the future ii and. 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. Back to the future writer bob gale on cubs world series. According to the news, of course, the miami team will lose the 2015 series. 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.
It remains to be seen if the world series championship part of the prediction will come to pass. The florida marlins team began play in miami in 1993, and won the world series in 1997. Back to the future writer says 2015 cubs prediction no. Whats most amazing about the cubs win, though, is not just the. When the back to the future gang predicted that the chicago cubs would sweep the 2015 world series, they specified two things. There is still a chance the cubs could win the world series in 2015. Back to the future ii correctly predicted cubs world series win in. According to back to the future ii, which takes place in 2015, the chicago cubs are world series winners. The future part ii was only a year off in predicting the cubs world. Did back to the future predict the cubs would win world series.
Back to the future actor makes prediction chicago cubs will win world series. The chicago cubs are so close to the 2015 world series. 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. The chicago cubs were swept out of the playoffs on oct. The second movie in the trilogy doesnt actually predict that. 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. 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. Coincidentally, that was written by a cardinals fan. Fox travels from 1985 to 2015 in doc browns christopher lloyd flying delorean time machine. Oct 14, 2015 the 1989 movie back to the future part ii had the cubs, originally a 1001 shot, winning the 2015 world series over miami, which didnt have a team until the florida marlins in 1993.
The chicago cubs are going to win the 2015 world series. Marty mcfly timetraveled into the future in the 1989 movie and saw that the cubs won the world series. Fox reminds fans back to the future predicted cubs win. Dont look now, but its 2015 the same year the movie back to the future ii predicted back in 1989 that the chicago.
The chicago cubs hadnt won the world series since 1908, so it was an amusing prediction to make in back to the future pretend to be a time traveler day december 8, 2015 april 20, 2017 patrick delahanty. Did back to the future predict a cubs world series win. 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. Did back to the future predict the cubs would win world. 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. Oct 25, 2016 back to the future predicted this world series, sort of. She died in 1997, thanks to the world of the paparazzi. If the chicago cubs win the 2015 world series this fall, as predicted in back to the future part ii, you could be the proud new owner of a delorean time machine, the famous hover car. Fox, is taken aback to find out the cubs have won the 2015 world series. 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. Oct 16, 2015 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. The 1989 movie back to the future part ii predicted the cubs would win the world series in 2015.
Oct 21, 2015 so, in back to the future ii, marty mcfly travels forward in the spacetime continuum to oct. Were one year on from back to the future day, which marked the date marty. Predicting the end of a championship drought that spans generations within a year is pretty impressive. Back to the future day has been a whirlwind extravaganza. Back to the future ii predicts cubs 2015 world series win.
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. If they can beat the new york mets, theyll advance to the mlb championships and if they do, theyll have a special player on their. Chicago wls the 1989 movie back to the future ii predicts a 2015 world series matchup between the cubs and thenfictional miami. 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. Did back to the future predict this years world series winner. 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.
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