The world series was the championship for major league baseball during the 20th. Back to the future writer bob gale on cubs world series. 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. There, on the opposite side of the street, was a big screen showing baseball footage. 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.
Did back to the future ii predict the 2015 world series. Chicago cubs fans hold world series hopes based on back. Fox torn over cubs prediction in back to the future ii by. In one of the back to the future movies, doc christopher lloyd predicts that the cubs will win the world series in 2003. Yes, back to the future part ii predicted that the cubs would be the 2015 world champions. Back to the future cubs win 2016 world series youtube. 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. Oct 15, 2015 according to back to the future ii, which takes place in 2015, the chicago cubs are world series winners. 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. The second movie in the trilogy doesnt actually predict that. 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. Dec 14, 2015 the chicago cubs are playing for the wildcard spot in the mlb playoffs wednesday night, but according to back to the future 2, the perennial underdogs have already won the 2015 world series when.
So, back to the future ii doesnt actually predict the cubs will win the world series. Cubs get 1st playoff win in years after meeting miami in. This inspires marty to pick up a sports almanac during. Back to the future actor makes prediction chicago cubs will win world series duration. Fox torn over cubs prediction in back to the future ii. The future part ii was only a year off in predicting the cubs world. Fox travels to the year 2015 from the 1980s, where he is informed that the chicago cubs actually won the 2015 world series. Back to the future ii correctly predicted cubs world. It is the sequel to the 1985 film back to the future and the second installment in the back to the future trilogy. Back to the future part ii is a 1989 american sciencefiction film directed by robert zemeckis and written by bob gale.
He had a spike on his work bench with cubs pocket schedules. After losing in the 2015 nlcs it was just too painful to watch the movie after that 2015 cubs world series champions scene. 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. In the film, the chicago cubs are depicted as breaking their centuryplus world series losing streak by. Back to the future part ii envisioned more than baseball. Back to the future part ii made some bold predictions about life in the wild and ohsozany future of 2015. Was the only thing back to the future part ii predicted accurately about the future 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. Which seemed like the civil war, not world war ii, to me. 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. I havent watched back to the future ii since last year. 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. Back to the future predicted this world series, sort of cnet. Jan 09, 2019 the cubs have not won the world series since 1908.
Nov 04, 2016 in the 1989 timetraveling action adventure back to the future. Back to the future 2 didnt predict the chicago cubs world series or donald trump. 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 2 didnt predict the chicago cubs world. 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 ii s 2015 a reality. Oct 25, 2016 back to the future predicted this world series, sort of. The florida marlins team began play in miami in 1993, and won the world series in 1997.
Chicago the 1989 movie back to the future ii predicts a 2015 world series matchup between the cubs and thenfictional miami. Back to the future ii correctly predicted cubs world series. All that proved was that some people had a hazy memory of back to the future part ii. Chicago cubs hold the keys to the back to the future. Could the back to the future part ii cubs prediction.
That would be a callback to back to the future ii, released in 1989 but set in 2015. Cardinals fan wrote cubs winning world series in back to. Back to the future part ii made some bold predictions about life in the wild. Coincidentally, that was written by a cardinals fan. Back to the future ii predicted the cubs would win the. Nov 03, 2016 the chicago cubs and the significance of 108 a list of facts connected to the number 108 went viral shortly after the chicago cubs won their first world series in 108 years. 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. On wednesday night, the cubs won their first world series title since. According to the news, of course, the miami team will lose the 2015 series. The 2015 world series sweep by the chicago cubs in. Time to grab your hoverboard and selflacing trainers as we take a look at the back to future predictions which really did come true. Chicago wls the 1989 movie back to the future ii predicts a 2015 world series matchup between the cubs and thenfictional miami. Were one year on from back to the future day, which marked the date marty mcfly visited the future in the 1989 classic back to the future. It didnt happen in 2015, but once again back to the future gets it mostly right.
So, back to the future ii doesnt actually predict the cubs will win. Fox salutes chicago cubs on world series win with back to the future ii reference. After a game 7 nailbiter, chicago cubs win 2016 world series against cleveland indians. 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. 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. 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. 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. Did back to the future ii predict the chicago cubs world. Fox, christopher lloyd, lea thompson, and thomas f. According to back to the future ii, which takes place in 2015, the chicago cubs are world series winners. Ap photofrank franklin ii the chicago cubs are a team of destiny. Cardinals fan wrote cubs winning world series in back to the. 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.
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. Facing the cleveland indians in the 2016 world series, they were down 3 games to 1. Back to the future ii screenwriter bummed out the movies. Marty mcfly looks up at a holobillboard in 2015 advertising the cubs world series win. The cubs winning the world series and president trump. Back to the future ii predicts cubs 2015 world series win duration. Marlins launch promo against back to the future cubs world. Cubs, miami to meet in 2015 back to the future ii 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. Apr 01, 2015 back to the future part ii made some bold predictions about life in the wild and ohsozany future of 2015. Marlins launch promo against back to the future cubs world series. 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 the future ii cowriter discusses cubs 2015 world. The 1989 film back to the future ii did not correctly predict chicago would be the winner of a 2015 cubs marlins world series matchup. 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 chicago cubs became world series champions for the first time in 108 years on wednesday night. The chicago cubs are going to win the 2015 world series. From back to the future part ii by craig shaw gardner. Chicago cbsap former big league manager jim frey has died at age 88. Nov 03, 2016 its just so apt that they happened to make their comeback so close to back to the future iis prediction. Back to the future part ii has a good chance of predicting this years world series winner.
On october 21, 2015, the chicago cubs won the series in a sweep over miami. Back to the future ii correctly predicted cubs world series win in. Did back to the future predict the cubs would win world. Back to the future ii predicts cubs 2015 world series win youtube. Back to the future screenwriter bob gale happy for cubs. The cubs became only the seventh team to do it, joining the 79 pirates, 68 tigers and 58 yankees, as well as these clubs. Now i can go back to watching the movie and chuckle at that scene, now that weve won it all this year. But, in this timeline, the cubs did win the world series over miami. Michael j fox says back to the future predicted chicago cubs. The team beat the cleveland indians, 87, in game 7 of the series. Welcome to the most complete cubs suck image collection on the internet. 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. By now, everybody knows the cubs were predicted to win the 2015 world series in the movie back to the future ii, which was released in 1989.
The team beat the cleveland indians, 87, in game 7 of the series, and naturally fans went wild. 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. Back to the future ii almost predicted the cubs world. Nov 02, 2016 the cubs came back in 2016 and dominated the season with the best record in baseball. Frey 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 predicts cubs 2015 world series win. Marlins launch promo against back to the future cubs. 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. Chicago cubs world series win has ruined a back to the. 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. Its just so apt that they happened to make their comeback so close to back to the future ii s prediction. Back to the future screenwriter bob gale happy for cubs, but. Marlins launch promo against back to the future cubs world series prediction. So, back to the future ii doesnt actually predict the.
Ok, so the film predicted the cubs would get their first world series. Bob gale, a cowriter for all three back to the future movies, joined cubs pregame live with csns david kaplan before game 3 of the nlcs to discuss how it went down. Teams down 3 2 that won games 6 and 7 on the road as it turns out, claiming the last two games away from home in the world series has proven to be nearly as rare as coming back from 31. Mar 30, 2011 back to the future part 2 2 12 movie clip hill valley, 2015. Cnn according to back to the future ii, which takes place in 2015, the chicago cubs are world series winners. The 1989 film back to the future ii did not correctly predict chicago would be the winner of a 2015 cubs marlins. But one prediction back to the future ii may have got right is the chicago cubs success in the world series. The classic flick predicted the end of the chicago cubs epic pennant drought. 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. Entering the postseason, they advanced to the world series for the first time since 1945, ten years before the events of the original back to the future film. Earlier this year, the onceimpossible regularseason game.
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 part ii is playing in theaters on wednesday, oct. In the actual year of 2015, not only did the cubs make the playoffs cubs lost to the mets in the 2015 nlcs 4 games to 0, but so did the royals who won the 2015 world series beating the mets in 5 games and cardinals the writer of back to the future is a cardinals fan whose team lost to the cubs in the 2015 nlds, the two teams who had. 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. Back to the future predicted this world series, sort of. 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. 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. That would be a call back to back to the future ii. The cubs have already won the 2015 world series, according to. Cubs will win world series in 2015 back to the future.
So, in back to the future ii, marty mcfly travels forward in the spacetime continuum to oct. 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 cocreator bob gale explains why he had the chicago cubs winning the 2015 world series in back to the future part ii. Back to future ii writer discusses cubs prediction. Earlier this year, the onceimpossible regularseason game occurred. 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. In back to the future, part ii, marty travels to the year 2015, 30 years in the future, with doc emmett brown. The classic flick predicted the end of the chicago cubs epic pennant drought, and, possibly, donald trumps rise on the political scene. The 1989 film back to the future ii did not correctly predict chicago would be the winner of a 2015 cubsmarlins world series matchup. 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. Chicago tom wilson, aka biff from back to the future, drove the delorean to wrigleyville friday morning to deliver the news in person. Back to the future ii correctly predicted cubs world series win in 2015. Back to the future part ii was only a year off in predicting the cubs world series win. Cubs fans dress up for back to the future 2 outcome.
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