It remains to be seen if the world series championship part of the prediction. On wednesday night, the cubs won their first world series title since 1908, only. Its just so apt that they happened to make their comeback so close to back to the future iis prediction. Marlins launch promo against back to the future cubs world series prediction. In 1989, back to the future part ii predicted the chicago cubs would win the world series in 2015. That is, if the chicago cubs win tuesday against the cleveland indians in the. Back to the future part ii didnt predict the cubs world series win, but parks and rec did.
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. Back then, the cubs were a powerhouse team, winning a record 116 games in 1906 and taking back to back world series titles in 1907 and 1908. Chicago cubs will win 2015 world series vs miami marlins. 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. There was no major league baseball franchise in miami at the time the. Did back to the future predict this years world series. 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. 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 writer says 2015 cubs prediction no. The cubs winning the world series and president trump. All that proved was that some people had a hazy memory of back to the future part ii.
The second movie in the trilogy doesnt actually predict that the cubs would win the world series in 2015. Fox salutes chicago cubs on world series win with back to the future ii reference. All the times pop culture predicted the cubs winning the. Today is the official international toast to harry caray, the legendary announcer for the chicago cubs so why is the back to the future s delorean parked outside his restaurant and how is the 2015 world series connected to the film. At the time, the chicago cubs last victory in the world series was in 1908. 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. 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.
The 1989 film back to the future ii did not correctly predict chicago would be the winner of a 2015 cubsmarlins world series matchup. Did back to the future predict cubs world series win. Did back to the future predict a cubs world series win. And the cubs winning the world series got a big laugh from audiences. 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. Last nights world series win was a long time coming for the chicago cubs.
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 has some unique takes on life in 2015. The cubs win was announced in the inside sports boxout in the top. The 2015 world series sweep by the chicago cubs in. 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. In the movie back to the future ii, the chicago cubs are predicted to have defeated miami possibly gators in the world series by october 15th, 2015. 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 2 is the only other notable prediction that i can think of with the cubs and the world series. Whats most amazing about the cubs win, though, is not just the. 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.
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. Cubs will win world series in 2015 back to the future. Could the back to the future part ii cubs prediction. When the back to the future gang predicted that the chicago cubs would sweep the 2015 world series, they specified two things. 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. 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. New york while some of the predictions made in back to the future part ii eventually came true, like skype and fingerprint scanners, one of them did not. Back to future ii writer discusses cubs prediction. Back to the future ii correctly predicted cubs world. Man predicted chicago cubs would win 2016 world series in. Did back to the future predict the cubs would win world. 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.
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. 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. Back to the future ii predicts cubs 2015 world series win youtube. Team makes it to the next round of the playoffs right on time for iconic films prophecy movie shows marty mcfly with a. Every time the marlins got in the world series, and that was in 1997 and 2003, somebody created the internet hoax that our prediction came true, gale says. According to the news, of course, the miami team will lose the 2015 series.
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. Back to the future screenwriter bob gale happy for cubs. 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. 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. Did back to the future predict chicago cubs world series. Sure enough, in 2016 the cubs who hadnt won the competition since 1908 stunned fans by beating cleveland indians. That would be a call back to back to the future ii, released in 1989 but set in 2015. Back to the future ii correctly predicted cubs world series win in. In the film, marty, played by fox, is astounded the cubs won the fall classic. If you remember, the movie brings the delorean into the future chicago. Back to the future, cubs, vince gerasole, world series cbs this should be the year the cubs make it to the world series if you believe in the saga of marty mcfly. The cubs have gone 71 years since winning a pennant and 108 years since winning the world series. Back to the future part ii had predicted that a team from miami would win. 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.
The chicago cubs became world series champions for the first time in 108. So it comes as a pleasant surprise that maybejust maybescreenwriter bob gale was on the money when it comes to his most audacious back to the future part ii prediction. 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 predicted this world series, sort of. Fox, who played the films main character marty mcfly. 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. So, back to the future ii doesnt actually predict the. Back to the future screenwriter bob gale happy for cubs, but. On october 21, 2015, the chicago cubs won the series in a sweep over. Back to the future part ii sees marty mcfly michael j. 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 future saga predicted cubs will win it all in. Back to the future writer, a cardinals fan, discusses prediction of cubs winning 2015 world series. The future part ii was only a year off in predicting the cubs world. The florida marlins team began play in miami in 1993, and won the world series in 1997. Though the film correctly predicted that an mlb team would exist in miami by 2015, it would. Did back to the future ii predict the 2015 world series. Ok, so the film predicted the cubs would get their first world series. Back to the future predicted this world series, sort of cnet. Gale and back to the future director robert zemeckis predicted in their 1989. It was predicted in back to the future part ii so it must be true.
Chicago cubs fans hold world series hopes based on back. If youve seen back to the future part ii, or talked to a cubs fan in the past six months, youre probably aware of the billboard in the 1989 movie that announces cubs win world. Back to the future part ii was only a year off in predicting the cubs world series win. According to back to the future ii, which takes place in 2015, the chicago cubs are world series winners. While walking around 2015era hill valley, marty clocks an enormous lightup sign appears revealing that the chicago cubs have won the world series leaving marty in disbelief. So, back to the future ii doesnt actually predict the cubs will win. The world series was the championship for major league baseball during the 20th and 21st. In order for that to happen, there would have to be some major baseball news within the next two years. The cardinals are the team supported by back to the future writer bob gale. Alongside the cubs winning the world series, and selflacing shoes being a real and. Did back to the future ii predict chicago cubs 2015 world series success. Back to the future ii predicted the cubs would win the. Did the movie back to the future part ii predict in 1989 that jon lester would sign with the chicago cubs at the 2014 mlb winter meetings. 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.
Marlins launch promo against back to the future cubs. Back to the future ii almost predicted the cubs world. Parks and recreation predicted the cubs world series win. Back to the future ii predicts cubs 2015 world series win. Back to the future day has been a whirlwind extravaganza. Fox was torn over the prediction in the 1985 movie back to the future ii that the cubs would win the world series in 2015, since they would have had to do it by. As in, the cubs last championship occurred four years before the titanic sunk. But, in this timeline, the cubs did win the world series over miami. Realizing the back to the future world series prediction. The film leaves open the question of whether marty has learned any scores.
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