Coincidentally, that was written by a cardinals fan. Granted, robert zemeckis 1989 movie had the cubs, who havent won the world series since 1908, sweeping an unnamed miami team at 100 to 1 odds. It remains to be seen if the world series championship part of the prediction will come to pass. 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. Did back to the future predict chicago cubs world series. Cubs look to fulfill back to the future ii prediction 365. Find the exact moment in a tv show, movie, or music video you want to share.
Back to the future part ii has a good chance of predicting this years world series winner. Could the back to the future part ii cubs prediction come true. 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. Predicting the end of a championship drought that spans generations within a year is pretty impressive. Fox and the writer behind back to the future celebrate the cubs world series victory in different ways. Chicago cubs hold the keys to the back to the future. Oct, 2015 the chicago cubs are one step closer to the 2015 world series after winning the nlds, which means that the back to the future part ii prophecy is very close to becoming reality in the movie, it. Thats the same thing weve been saying here at cubs. Back to the future actor makes prediction chicago cubs will win world series duration. Back to the future part ii made some bold predictions about life in the wild and ohsozany future of 2015.
Oct 21, 2015 on wednesday, fans of the classic film trilogy will celebrate back to the future day, the day that doc and marty travel to the year 2015 in 1989s back to the future part ii. It didnt happen in 2015, but once again back to the future gets it mostly right. Oct 22, 2015 chicago cubs swept out of playoffs on the day they were predicted to win world series in back to the future back to the future part ii predicted the cubbies would sweep the miami gators on oct. Back to the future ii predicted the cubs would win the.
Old man wants to go back to the beginning of the season. 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 ii almost predicted the cubs world. Easily move forward or backward to get to the perfect spot. The day after the title, the back to the future official twitter joked that. According to back to the future ii, which takes place in 2015, the chicago cubs are world series winners. The cubs have gone 71 years since winning a pennant and 108 years since winning the world series. Cubs end 108year wait for world series title, after a little. Aug 10, 2015 the advent of the fax machine felt like the future when back to the future part ii was made, but in the time since, the internet happened, and the only place youre likely to find one now. Back to the future writer bob gale on cubs world series. Last year, fans of the back to the future series got to see for. Fox salutes the cubs for almost getting back to the. Mar 30, 2020 two games in the arizona fall league and then wake up the next day and rake in the world series.
Nov 02, 2016 the cubs came back in 2016 and dominated the season with the best record in baseball. 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. During the movie mcfly sees 3d news flash during a trip to downtown hill valley, california. Time to grab your hoverboard and selflacing trainers as we take a look at the back to future predictions which really did come true. Could the back to the future part ii cubs prediction. Miami major league baseball team futurepedia fandom.
But, in this timeline, the cubs did win the world series over miami. 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. 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. I mean, its under the slamball playoffs beginning, for great scotts sake. What we have to do now and in the next two years have to be focused on what we want baseball to be in 2023. Even guys who are on the cubs have seen back to the future ii and theyre saying its been predicted, were the team of destiny. According to the news, of course, the miami team will lose the 2015 series.
Cubs win world series back to the future 2 youtube. Cubs win, send back to the future prophecy one step closer. Oct 14, 2015 back to the future trilogy aficionados will know the date. 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 miami marlins formerly florida marlins were not established in florida until 1993. The 2015 world series sweep by the chicago cubs in the. Marlins launch promo against back to the future cubs world series prediction. Back to future saga predicted cubs will win it all in. As crazy as it is to say out loud, the chicago cubs finally, finally won the world series wednesday night.
Back to the future part ii is playing in theaters on wednesday, oct. 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. Cardinals fan wrote cubs winning world series in back to. Did back to the future predict this years world series winner. 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. After a game 7 nailbiter, chicago cubs win 2016 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. Back to the future 2s screenwriter has mixed emotions over. Or so fans of baseballs most cursed team will hope. Back to the future cubs prediction may come true in. Nov 04, 2016 in the memorable scene in back to the future part 2 marty mcfly, played by michael j. So, back to the future ii doesnt actually predict the cubs will win.
Back to the future part ii made some bold predictions about life in the wild. 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 swept out of playoffs on the day they were predicted to win world series in back to the future back to the future part ii predicted the. Oct 21, 2015 back to the future part ii predicted that the cubs would win the 2015 world series, but the team may be eliminated on a day designed to celebrate the film. All that proved was that some people had a hazy memory of back to the future part ii.
See more ideas about chicago cubs world series, chicago cubs and cubs. Back to the future missed the cubs win by just a year. Chicago cubs fans hold world series hopes based on back. Michael j fox says back to the future predicted chicago cubs. Did back to the future ii predict the 2015 world series. Back to the future part 2 212 movie clip hill valley, 2015 1989 hd duration. 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 predicted this world series, sort of cnet. What back to the future ii got right about the future. Nov 03, 2016 back to the future predicted baseball team the chicago cubs would end their world series drought and missed out by just a year on wednesday night, the cubs defeated the cleveland indians 87. Back to the future part ii 1989 yarn is the best way to find video clips by quote. 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.
Back to the future cubs win 2016 world series youtube. 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. In response to the rapidly evolving covid19 pandemic and following updated recommendations from the centers for disease control and prevention cdc restricting the number of people at events, the opening of the 2020 mlb regular season has been pushed back. Back to the future screenwriter bob gale happy for cubs. One of the front pages reveals that the chicago cubs will win the world series in game 5 and that there will be a female president whos. 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. Fox, sees a sports update that the cubs had won the world series in a sweep of a team from miami. 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. Back to the future predicted this world series, sort of. Back to the future 2s screenwriter has mixed emotions.
Did back to the future predict the cubs would win world series. Oct 16, 2015 the chicago cubs are so close to the 2015 world series. Jan 01, 2015 back to the future part ii showed us 2015 first. Did back to the future predict the cubs would win world. Fox reminds fans back to the future predicted chicago cubs would win world series in 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. Nov 04, 2016 screenwriter bob gale admitted as much to the hollywood reporter, revealing that the chicago cubs triumph has now forever ruined a joke in back to the future. Cubs will win world series in 2015 back to the future. 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. 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.
Cardinals fan wrote cubs winning world series in back to the. The marlins managed came third in the national league east series and seventh in the national league wild card. Nov 03, 2016 its just so apt that they happened to make their comeback so close to back to the future iis prediction. The 2016 world series was the championship series of major league baseballs mlb 2016 season. The chicago cubs became world series champions for the first time in 108 years on wednesday night. It remains to be seen if the world series championship part. Oct 15, 2015 according to back to the future ii, which takes place in 2015, the chicago cubs are world series winners. Sep 06, 2017 last night, baseballs lovable losers the chicago cubs won the world series, beating the cleveland indians, 87, in a thrilling, 10inning game 7. 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 ii correctly predicted cubs world. Back to the future ii predicts cubs 2015 world series win youtube. Cubs out of world series on back to the future day.
Back to the future 2 didnt predict the chicago cubs world. Marlins launch promo against back to the future cubs. Mar 30, 2011 back to the future actor makes prediction chicago cubs will win world series duration. Chicago twentysix years after its theatrical release, back to the future part ii still resonates with chicago cubs fans because it depicted the team as world series champion in 2015. In the memorable scene in back to the future part 2 marty mcfly, played by michael j. Chicago cubs world series win has ruined a back to the. The 2015 world series sweep by the chicago cubs in the film is a critical plot point. The cubs lost their chance at the world series on back to. Apr 25, 2017 the chicago cubs are off to a strong start in 2017 but they wont be able to match the blistering pace set by the 16 version. Oct 21, 2015 what back to the future ii got right about the future.
He led the cubs to a 51 win over the cleveland indians and he also had the highlight of the game. Back to the future ii predicts cubs 2015 world series win duration. 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. 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. The florida marlins team began play in miami in 1993, and won the world series in 1997. Oct 22, 2015 well, back to the future part ii lied and we did too. 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 featured in the film. Back to the future 2 didnt predict the chicago cubs world series or donald trump. Facing the cleveland indians in the 2016 world series, they were down 3 games to 1.
Marlins launch promo against back to the future cubs world. The team beat the cleveland indians, 87, in game 7 of the series. Is there a hangover effect for world series champions this century. The chicago cubs celebrate after defeating the indians 87 in game 7 to win the world series in cleveland. 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. Back to the future chicago cubs world series related. 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. 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. In one of the back to the future movies, doc christopher lloyd predicts that the cubs will win the world series in 2003. The cubs would actually win the world series a year later, in 2016, however, this time defeating the cleveland indians instead. Alongside the cubs winning the world series, and selflacing shoes being a real and. Oct, 2015 back to the future cubs prediction may come true in world series.
Back to the future day has been a whirlwind extravaganza. So, back to the future ii doesnt actually predict the. Chicago cubs take on mets on back to the future day digital. Feb 24, 2015 first, the evidence related to the clip. 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. Leave it to the chicago cubs to get knocked out of world series contention on back to the future day, the date celebrating the movie series. It gives marty mcfly the idea to go back in time to become rich from betting on sports.
Fox congratulates cubs on world series win, despite being off by a year. On the heels of the cubs historic world series victory over the cleveland indians, fox took to twitter on thursday morning to congratulate the team with a reference to his own film back to the future ii. Back to the future cubs prediction may come true in world. After a game 7 nailbiter, chicago cubs win 2016 world series against cleveland indians. Nov 03, 2016 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 cleveland. Oct 25, 2016 back to the future predicted this world series, sort of. 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. 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 health and safety of our fans, players and associates is the top priority of the cubs and mlb.
Christopher lloyd on the timeless charm of back to the future. But one prediction back to the future ii may have got right is the chicago cubs success in the world series. Mlbs immediate future could include furloughs and pay. 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. Schwarber was the game 2 hero in the world series for the chicago cubs, going 2for4, with two rbis and also got on base a third time with a walk. Back to future ii writer discusses cubs prediction. Part ii that poked fun at their inability to win the world series. When back to the future ii was made in 1989, there was no professional baseball team in miami, let alone the state of florida. 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.
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