The cubs and the back to the future ii prediction newsday. 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. Chicago cubs win the world series back to the future ii. In back to the future 2, marty mcfly travels into the future and finds a world changed. 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. So, back to the future ii doesnt actually predict the. According to back to the future ii, which takes place in 2015, the chicago cubs are world series winners. This inspires marty to pick up a sports almanac during. Fox travel to the year 2015, and the cubs winning the world series was considered one of the movies more outlandish predictions.
The 2016 world series was the championship series of major league baseballs mlb 2016 season. Marlins launch promo against back to the future cubs. Back to the future 2 predicted the cubs to win 2015 series. For the uninitiated, bttf2 depicted the cubs triumphing over the fictional miami gators in the 2015 world series an outcome that didnt quite pan out last year. The cubs were the preseason favorites to win it all, and they won 103 games to claim the national league central. Oct 14, 2015 back to the future part ii sees marty mcfly michael j. Back to the future part ii sees marty mcfly michael j. Chicago the 1989 movie back to the future ii predicts a 2015 world series matchup between the cubs and thenfictional miami. Fox travels to the year 2015 from the 1980s, where he is informed that the chicago cubs actually won the 2015 world series. 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. Dont look now, but its 2015 the same year the movie back to the future ii predicted back in 1989 that the chicago cubs will win the world series.
But, in this timeline, the cubs did win the world series over miami. Nov 04, 2016 in the 1989 timetraveling action adventure back to the future. That would be a callback to back to the future ii, released in 1989 but set 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. In 1955, brooklyn won the world series one month before martys arrival. The classic flick predicted the end of the chicago cubs epic pennant drought, and, possibly, donald trumps rise on the political scene. One of the jokes in part ii was that the cubs would finally win the world series. Back to the future ii correctly predicted cubs world series.
Nov 03, 2016 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 personal video shopping u. 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. Feb 15, 2017 the presidents rise to power is hinted at when film baddie biff goes into politics credit. 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.
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. Back to the future predicted this world series, sort of cnet. Oct 08, 2015 chicago the 1989 movie back to the future ii predicts a 2015 world series matchup between the cubs and thenfictional miami. Chicago cubs win the world series back to the future ii youtube. Cubs end 108year wait for world series title, after a. Could the back to the future part ii cubs prediction come true.
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 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. Oct 09, 2015 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. Cubs go back to the future by winning 2015 world series. Oct 28, 2016 for the uninitiated, bttf2 depicted the cubs triumphing over the fictional miami gators in the 2015 world series an outcome that didnt quite pan out last year. 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. Back to the future ii correctly predicted cubs world. The padres had played in their first world series in 1984.
Cubs will win world series in 2015 back to the future. Here is a look at the company the cubs now keep after coming out on top in three straight mustwin games complete world series coverage teams down 31 that won world series 2016 cubs over indians chicago used a threerun fourth inning to pull out a 3 2 win in game 5 at home, then really got the bats going back in cleveland. With back to the future ii prediction, is it any surprise. They came close, but not quite after losing the 2015 national league championship series in a sweep. 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.
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. Back to the future part ii 30th anniversary, bob gale. Ap photofrank franklin ii the chicago cubs are a team of destiny. 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. Chicago cubs world series win has ruined a back to the. 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 2015 world series, and the man who wrote the screenplay and imagined this unlikely scenario is bob gale, a. The cubs winning the world series and president trump. 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. In the actual 2015 season, the cubs qualified for the postseason, their first postseason appearance since 2008, but the cubs lost the national league championship series not the world series to the new york mets on october 21, 2015, which coincidentally was the same day as back to the future day, the day marty mcfly arrived in 2015 in the film. Well, it looks like back to the future 2 wrongly predicted the winner of the 2015 world series because the new york mets just won the nlcs, meaning the cubs, who were poised to win the world. Back to the future part ii 30th anniversary, bob gale, john. Coincidentally, that was written by a cardinals fan. 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.
Aug 02, 2011 big fan of both the team, and the movies. If anyone can screw up the back to the future ii storyline, the cubs can. Fox reminds fans back to the future predicted cubs win. Fox learns in 2015 that the cubs have just won the world series against miami after starting the season with 100to1 odds. 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. The chicago cubs last appeared in the world series in 1945, and since 1908, would not win the series again before 2016. 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. Michael j fox says back to the future predicted chicago. 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 actor makes prediction chicago cubs will win world series. The 1981 exhibition model of the back to the future delorean time machine car is pictured here. Meanwhile, the cardinals miss the playoffs and yadier molina is busted for peds.
Back to the future ii screenwriter bummed out the movies. Oct 15, 2015 according to back to the future ii, which takes place in 2015, the chicago cubs are world series winners. The 1981 exhibition model of the back to the future delorean time machine car is. Chicago cubs hold the keys to the back to the future. In the 1989 movie back to the future part ii, marty mcfly michael j.
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. 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. Of course, probably the most specific, datedriven prophesy from the 1989 movie is the chicago cubs beating a baseball team from miami in the 2015 world series. 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. Cardinals fan wrote cubs winning world series in back to. Oct 21, 2015 if we wait just a bit longer, we will see whether the movies ultimate prediction will come true whether the cubs will win the world series, marking the first time in 107 years since the cubs. The placement of the world series would have been correct otherwise. 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. 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. Back at wrigley, the ghost of ernie banks appears and blesses the team, the fans, and the park the latter of which keeps the ivy green all year long. 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. 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.
So, back to the future ii doesnt actually predict the cubs will win the world series. 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. So, back to the future ii doesnt actually predict the cubs. Back to the future predicted this world series, sort of. Cardinals fan wrote cubs winning world series in back to the. Could the back to the future part ii cubs prediction. Oct 21, 2015 so, back to the future ii doesnt actually predict the cubs will win the world series. If we wait just a bit longer, we will see whether the movies ultimate prediction will come true whether the cubs will win the world series, marking the first time in 107 years since the cubs. Fox salutes chicago cubs on world series win with back to the future ii reference. 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.
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