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. Back to the future predicted this world series, sort of. The cardinals are the team supported by back to the future writer bob gale. Your browser does not currently recognize any of the video formats available. Back to the future predicts 2015 cubs world series champions.
Soon afterward, an urban legend arose that back to the future part ii had. 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. There, on the opposite side of the street, was a big screen showing baseball footage. The 2015 world series sweep by the chicago cubs in the film is a critical plot point. Ign back to the future predicts the 2015 world series.
Back to the future part ii 1989 yarn is the best way to find video clips by quote. Michael j fox says back to the future predicted chicago. 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. Chicago cubs world series win has ruined a back to the. Yes, back to the future part ii predicted that the cubs would be the 2015 world. Back to the future part ii 30th anniversary, bob gale. Parks and recreation predicted the cubs world series win. Back to the future writer bob gale on cubs world series. The chicago cubs world series drought was only 81 years long in. Find the exact moment in a tv show, movie, or music video you want to share. Today is the day in back to the future part ii that marty mcfly and doc brown arrive in hill valley after travelling forward in time from 1985. On october 21, 2015, the chicago cubs won the series in a sweep over. Back to the future trilogy aficionados will know the date. 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.
It didnt happen in 2015, but once again back to the future gets it mostly right. Part iis director robert zemeckis were just one year off their prediction, but whats even more harrowing for gale is. We tried to think of the most ridiculous and unbelievable sports event that we could think of, and that was the cubs winning the world series. Back to the future day is here and what the cult film got. Outside of progressive field, there was the mix of emotions that you would expect.
Sep 20, 2019 home plate shaped premium uv light protected baseball display cases for your 2016 chicago cubs world series champion baseball collection. 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. The win earned the cubs their first world series appearance since 1945 and a chance for their first world series win since 1908. 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. The series was played between october 25 and november 2. The truth is, things havent actually changed that much. The cubs finally won the world series, and it took one of. Back to the future ii correctly predicted cubs world series win in. Meet the back to the future fan building trickedout. Fully tricked out converted deloreans on a side road off a highway in a dallas suburb made to look like the time traveling vehicles that were. The steve bartman incident was a controversial play that occurred during a baseball game between the chicago cubs and the florida marlins on october 14, 2003, at wrigley field in chicago, illinois, during major league baseballs mlb 2003 postseason the incident occurred in the eighth inning of game 6 of the national league championship series nlcs, with chicago leading 30 and holding.
The 2016 world series was the championship series of major league baseballs mlb 2016 season. Chicago cubs take on mets on back to the future day. Cubs win first world series since 1908 video sports. As the cubs get set for their first world series game in chicago since 1945, lets look back at the most pertinent tv and film references. Back to the future missed the cubs win by just a year. 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. Back to the future predicts 2015 cubs world series champions this. Stop saying back to the future predicted the cubs victory. According to back to the future ii, which takes place in 2015, the chicago cubs are world series winners. The chicago cubs became world series champions for the first time in 108 years on wednesday night. 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.
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. The classic flick predicted the end of the chicago cubs epic pennant drought, and, possibly, donald trumps rise on the political scene. Back to the future ii predicts cubs 2015 world series win duration. Back to the future predicted this world series, sort of cnet. Cubs end 108year wait for world series title, after a. Back to the future part 2 212 movie clip hill valley, 2015. Did back to the future ii predict the 2015 world series. Miamis major league baseball team competed in the 2015 world series against the chicago cubs, who swept miami in five games. Back to the future 2 didnt predict the chicago cubs world series or. The back to the future trilogy predicted that the chicago cubs would win the 2015 mlb world series. The teams nickname is not mentioned, only referred to simply as miami.
Back to the future ii predicted the cubs would win the. Chicago cubs win the world series back to the future ii. When back to the future part ii was first released back in 1989, the year 2015 seemed, well, pretty downright futuristic. Back to the future ii predicts cubs 2015 world series win youtube. 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.
Cubs win world series back to the future 2 youtube. 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. Cubs win, send back to the future prophecy one step. However, the team logo depicts a baseballplaying alligator. Could the back to the future part ii cubs prediction. Did back to the future predict the cubs would win world. Marty mcfly upon seeing the holodisplay announcing the news. The world series was the championship for major league baseball during the 20th and 21st. 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 t. For those fans, october 21, 2015 is the day when all your christmases come at. 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 very short time, almost. 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 2 didnt predict the chicago cubs world. Cubs out of world series on back to the future day. Coming back from a threegamestoone deficit, the cubs defeated the cleveland indians in seven games in the 2016 world series, they were the first team to come back from a threegamestoone deficit since the kansas. Cubs win world series back to the future 2 duration. See more ideas about chicago cubs world series, cubs world series and chicago cubs. 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. Ok, so the film predicted the cubs would get their first world series championship in over a. 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. Fox travels to the year 2015 from the 1980s, where he is informed that the chicago cubs actually won the 2015 world series.
The cubs won the world series for the first time in 108 years. Back to the future part ii was only a year off in predicting the. 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 the 1989 timetraveling action adventure back to the future. The chicago cubs won their first world series since 1908 as they defeated the cleveland indians 87 in game 7 in the early hours of thursday morning at progressive field.
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. The chicago cubs are so close to the 2015 world series. At the time, the chicago cubs last victory in the world series was in 1908. Did back to the future predict this years world series. Diehard fans of the back to the future movie trilogy and the chicago cubs will vividly remember the scene from the second film in which marty mcfly, played by michael j. It gives marty mcfly the idea to go back in time to become rich from betting on sports. Miami major league baseball team futurepedia fandom. Alongside the cubs winning the world series, and selflacing shoes being a real and purchasable thing now, the back to the future sequel got some other things right about life after 2015. Your browser does not currently recognize any of the video formats. After a game 7 nailbiter, chicago cubs win 2016 world series. Screenwriter bob gale had a clear vision for the future.
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