Could the back to the future part ii cubs prediction. The actors character, marty, was stopped in his tracks by an announcement. Marlins have fun with 2015 world series cubs over miami prophecy in back to the future part ii. Did back to the future correctly predict the chicago cubs would win the world series. But, in this timeline, the cubs did win the world series over miami. 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. Ap photofrank franklin ii the chicago cubs are a team of destiny. But when predicting the future, you shouldnt worry too much about the details. What predictions about 2015 in back to the future have. The classic flick predicted the end of the chicago cubs epic pennant drought. 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. 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. Whats most amazing about the cubs win, though, is not just the.
Man predicted chicago cubs would win 2016 world series in. The 2015 world series sweep by the chicago cubs in. Michael lees senior yearbook in 1993 correctly predicted the chicago cubs would win the 2016 world series. It was the same thing we saw last year with the chicago cubs who i think will win the world series in the next five years. Slammers predict cubs world series win or fans get in. The chicago cubs became world series champions for the first time in 108. Back to the future screenwriter bob gale discusses prediction of. Alongside the cubs winning the world series, and selflacing shoes being a real and. 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. Marlins launch promo against back to the future cubs. 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. How parks and rec called the cubs world series win. Time to grab your hoverboard and selflacing trainers as we take a look at the back to future predictions which really did come true. Did back to the future predict this years world series.
Did back to the future predict chicago cubs world series. Marlins launch promo against back to the future cubs world series prediction. Back to the future ii predicted the cubs would win the. Did back to the future predict the cubs would win world. Team makes it to the next round of the playoffs right on time for iconic films prophecy. Back to the future predicted this world series, sort of cnet. 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. 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. 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. Twitter in 1989, back to the future part ii predicted the. Back to the future ii asserts that sending information by fax is the most efficient way to communicate in 2015, but we now know that fax machines were only useful for a.
Back to the future predicts 2015 cubs world series champions this day in history 102515. Its just so apt that they happened to make their comeback so close to back to the future iis prediction. Back to the future ii correctly predicted cubs world series win in. 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.
It was predicted in back to the future part ii so it must be true. Parks and recreation predicted the cubs world series win. There is still a chance the cubs could win the world series in 2015. One of the funnier or at least seemingly farfetched futurerelated jokes of back to the future hinged on the fact that perennially beatendown. That is, if the chicago cubs win tuesday against the cleveland indians in the. 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. Did back to the future predict a cubs world series win. Ok, so the film predicted the cubs would get their first world series.
According to back to the future ii, which takes place in 2015, the chicago cubs are world series winners. Michael j fox says back to the future predicted chicago. To the future predicted chicago cubs would win world series in 2015. 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. It is a tale so unlikely, so ridiculous, that back to. Back to the future ii almost predicted the cubs world. So, back to the future ii doesnt actually predict the. Did back to the future ii predict the 2015 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. Was the only thing back to the future part ii predicted accurately about the future the.
But when predicting the future almost three decades out you deserve some credit for just getting really close. Fans who have a ticket stub from the july 24 game will receive a free ticket to any 2016 joliet slammers game if the cubs fail to win the 2015 world series. Did back to the future ii predict chicago cubs 2015 world series success. 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. The florida marlins team began play in miami in 1993, and won the world series in 1997. 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. Did back to the future predict a cubs world series win in 2015. Back to future saga predicted cubs will win it all in 2015. 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. Back to the future part ii writer talks about 2015.
The iconic 1980s movie wont end up getting the matchup right, but its. According to the news, of course, the miami team will lose the 2015 series. She died in 1997, thanks to the world of the paparazzi. Cubs will win world series in 2015 back to the future. Back to the future ii predicts cubs 2015 world series win duration. The second movie in the trilogy doesnt actually predict that the cubs would win the world series in 2015 something thats growing less likely in our current year, but is still technically possible. You know, there really is, like a 14 to 1 possibility. 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. It also even may have eerily foretold that the chicago cubs win this years world series. 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.
Back to the future part ii was only a year off in predicting the cubs world series win. Back to the future ii predicts cubs 2015 world series win youtube. The second movie in the trilogy doesnt actually predict that. 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. What was clear in 2011 was that something fundamental had changed with the royals. Back to the future part ii didnt predict the cubs world series win, but parks and rec did. So, back to the future ii doesnt actually predict the cubs will win.
Oh, it predicts it in the 2015 to which marty and doc originally travel, but if. 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. Back to the future part ii made some bold predictions about life. In back to the future ii, in 2015, the queen of england is diana.
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 predicts 2015 cubs 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. 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. Chicago cubs fans hold world series hopes based on back. In back to the future part ii, marty mcfly and doc brown travel to the year 2015, a world filled with flying cars, hoverboards and kitschy 1980s nostalgia. Sure enough, in 2016 the cubs who hadnt won the competition since 1908 stunned fans by beating cleveland indians. Back to the future screenwriter bob gale predicted the cubs would win the 2015 world series but is a lifelong cardinals fan. Even guys who are on the cubs have seen back to the future ii and. Remember that this script was developed in 1989, before the internet was popularly understood, before any kind of ecommerce was possible, and the y. Back to the future predicted this world series, sort of. 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, a cardinals fan, discusses prediction of cubs winning 2015 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. Did back to the future predict this years world series winner. The cubs winning the world series and president trump. Back to the future writer bob gale a lifelong cardinals fan, of all people. Michael j fox says back to the future predicted chicago cubs.
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