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. When the chicago cubs won the world series last year, they ended the longest championship drought in professional sports. Back to the future ii predicts cubs 2015 world series win. The chicago cubs world series drought was only 81 years long in 1989. In the 1989 film back to the future part ii, the chicago cubs are depicted as the 2015 world series champions, defeating a fictional. The 1984 cjicago cubs won the nl east division but lost to the.
It was the second consecutive year he has won the world series after helping the kansas city royals to. The 2015 national league championship series was a bestofseven playoff contested between the chicago cubs and the new york mets for the national league nl pennant and the right to play in the 2015 world series. And while the cubs still havent won a world series now at 107 years and counting, miami does indeed have an mlb team and the marlins have even. In 2015, the cubs finished with the thirdbest record in the majors. The chicago cubs world series ring will feature 108 diamonds. Nov 02, 2017 in 2015, which felt like something of a gift of a season. Height of bar is margin of victory mouseover bar for details click for box score grouped. The florida marlins team began play in miami in 1993, and won the world series in 1997. Chris young 10 bartolo colon 11 game 2, october 28. Back to the future predicted this world series, sort of.
In 2016, the cubs won the world series for the first time since 1908, ending the 108year drought. Anthony rizzo arrives safely at first base ahead of new york mets lucas duda 21 during the ninth inning of the second game of the national. Louis cardinals 64 in game 4 of the nlds on tuesday, chicago is now a 5to2 favorite to win the world series. At twin pines mall, before planning to go from 1985 to 2015, dr. According to the news, of course, the miami team will lose the 2015 series. On october 21, 2015, in the original timeline, they completed a five game sweep over a team from miami to win the world series. Will the cubs make it to the world series in 2015 answers. 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 red sox, much like the cubs, hadnt won a world series since 1918. Cubs, miami to meet in 2015 back to the future ii world. The 111th edition of the world series, it was a bestofseven playoff between the national league nl champion new york mets and the american league al champion kansas city royals. Its also available for football, basketball and hockey. This win ended more than a century of frustration as the cubs won their first championship since 1908, ending the longest drought in professional sports.
Oct 15, 2015 the westgate las vegas superbook has installed the chicago cubs as the favorite to win the 2015 world series after beating the st. Cardinals fan wrote of cubs winning 2015 world series in. The 2016 world series was the championship series of major league baseballs mlb 2016 season. After years of rebuilding under theo epstein and jed hoyer, the cubs finally became relevant again in 2015, and they. The cubs won a world series, and the world didnt end. Three years after cubs world series win, pressure to. When was the last time the cubs lost a playoff series. Chicago cubs favored to win 2015 world series the westgate las vegas superbook has installed the chicago cubs as the favorite to win the 2015 world series. Cubs will win world series in 2015 back to the future. The westgate las vegas superbook has installed the chicago cubs as the favorite to win the 2015 world series after beating the st. The 2015 world series was the championship series of major league baseballs mlb 2015 season.
Louis cardinals at partially renovated wrigley field, and finished on october 4, 2015 on the road against the milwaukee brewers. There, he learns the cubs won the world series in 2015, beating miami, which at the time, didnt have a baseball team. The cubs won their first world series title since 1908. Best cubs or white sox player of last 20 years from every. Dec 26, 2014 in the 1989 movie back to the future part ii, marty mcfly michael j. It is a comprehensive team roster and player names are sorted by the fielding position where the most number of games were played during the regular season.
The movie was released in 1989 and is full of outlandish predictions, some ridiculous and some were just jokes. Mets, cubs, blue jays and royals whoever wins, itll be. So its no wonder marty mcfly was so surprised when he fastforwarded to oct. 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. On october 21, 2015, the chicago cubs won the series in a sweep over miami, meaning that the cubs won all the games. A 39year tribune veteran, sullivan was named illinois sportswriter of the year in 2015, 16 and 19 and earned the ring lardner award for. Height of bar is margin of victory mouseover bar for details click for box score. How the chicago cubs finally won the world series after 108 years. Fox learns in 2015 that the cubs have just won the world series against miami after starting the season with 100to1 odds. Nov 03, 2016 after being swept in the 2015 national league championship series, chicago began this year 278, baseballs best start since the 1984 detroit tigers went 305 detroit also won the world series. Chicago cubs win world series championship with 87 victory over. Cubs will win world series in 2015 back to the future part ii. By winning the nlcs, the mets ensured they have the most world series appearances by an.
The mets swept the cubs four games to none for their fifth national league. The chicago cubs are finally on track to win their first world series in over 100 years, thanks in no small part to the former florida marlins franchise. 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. This one is more complicated because chapman almost coughed up game 7 of the world series by surrendering a still shocking tworun homer to rajai davis. How the chicago cubs finally won the world series after. The chicago national league baseball club won the 2016 world series. According to usa today the next day, the win came in game 5 of the series.
In game 7, the cleveland indians rallied to force extra innings, but the cubs prevailed. Nov 03, 2016 rarely does the best team win the world series largely due to the randomness that is the mlb playoffs but the best team won this year. Twentyone other teams had won the world series since cubs last were champions. Gale said the prediction grew out of the plotline in which primary.
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. Nov 03, 2016 the cubs needed that insurance because the indians scored a run in the bottom of the inning on an rbi single by rajai davis, who hurt the cubs badly in the eighth. A recap of every single game of the 2015 major league baseball playoffs, from the wild card games through the world series. Oct 06, 2015 a recap of every single game of the 2015 major league baseball playoffs, from the wild card games through the world series. Will the chicago cubs win the world series in 2015. Chicago cubs leftfielder ben zobrist was named most valuable player of the world series. Emmett brown was looking forward to finding out who would win the next twentyfive world series. Jun 02, 2015 well, in case you havent noticed, its 2015. In the 1989 film back to the future part ii, the chicago cubs are depicted as the 2015 world series champions, defeating a fictional american league team from miami the miami marlins had not yet been formed, whose mascot is an alligator. The cubs won t win the 2016 world series, and here are six more reasons why. The cubs beat the cleveland indians in the 2016 world series in seven games after trailing in the series 3 games to 1. Chicago cubs break 108year curse, win world series over.
Back to the future ii correctly predicted cubs world series. The new york mets and the kansas city royals have been battling it out for the 2015 world series title since last week and the winner has just been. Marlins have fun with 2015 world series cubs over miami. Will 2015 finally be the year that the chicago cubs end their 107year world series title drought. The 1989 film back to the future ii did not correctly predict chicago would be the winner of a 2015 cubsmarlins world series matchup. On william hill, the cubs opened a year ago at 501 odds to win the 2015 world series. Sure, the cubs have benefited from having guys such as jon lester and ben zobrist on the roster lester won world series with the red sox in 2007 and 20 before coming to the cubs, and zobrist. When was the last time the cubs were in the world series. Get scores, news and notes in your inbox every day. They played their home games at wrigley field park factors.
Schwarber, who tore the acl and lcl in his left knee on april 7 in a freak collision with teammate dexter fowler in the outfield, got the goahead from his orthopedic surgeon and the cubs medical. The world series was the championship for major league baseball during the 20th and 21st centuries. In back to the future 2, marty mcfly travels into the future and finds a world changed. By the beginning of 2015, their recordlong drought will have extended to 106 years. How the chicago cubs finally won the world series after 108. In building the team that ended the cubs 108year title drought, epstein now occupies a special place in baseball lore, as he was the general manager of the red sox when they won the world series in 2004, their first in 86 years. This was the first time the cubs won a postseason series at wrigley field. The cubs will go with 11 pitchers and dropped rookie rob zastryzny off their 25man roster roster. 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. Game 7, an 87 victory in 10 innings, marked the fifth time that a game 7 had gone into extra innings and the first since 1997 which the indians also lost. The cubs have not won a world series title since 1908, the longest championship drought in professional sports. The 2015 chicago cubs season was the 144th season for the franchise, the 140th in the national league and the 100th at wrigley field. The 1906 cubs won 116 games, finishing 11636 and posting a modernera record winning percentage of. Although 2015 ended with an nlcs sweep to the mets, the cubs built a solid foundation for future success.
Game 7 of a series in any sport is significant, but this was more than a baseball game to cubs fans. The cubs have appeared in a total of eleven world series. By the time the cubs won it all, sales white sox tenure had already come to an end, and he was traded a month later. In the 2015 national league championship series, this was referenced by fans of the new york mets, who joked that daniel murphy, the mets second baseman and series mvp, was not the first goat greatest of all time, in reference to murphys postseason heroics to that point named murphy to keep the cubs out of the world series. The cubs won 97 games this season and made the nlcs, but yet again came up short. 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. They began the season on april 5, 2015 in a firstever night game home opener against the st. Although there is no teams called the miami gators, the chicago cubs have a 15 to 1 chance of winning the world series this year and if they can make a playoff spot either as the division winner or the wild card winner, they could win the world series and back to the future ii would be correct in saying the chicago cubs won the world series in. And while the cubs still havent won a world series now at 107 years and counting, miami does indeed have an mlb team and the marlins. The chicago cubs have won the world series 3 times, in 1907, 1908 and 2016. Nov 03, 2016 chicago cubs break 108year drought, win world series with game 7 thriller.
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. Mike montgomery gets the final out to seal the cubs 10inning game 7 win, giving the team their first world series title since 1908 check out. Back to the future ii predicts cubs 2015 world series win youtube. It was predicted in back to the future part ii so it must be true. Kansas city royals over new york mets 41 statheads want to know. In 2018, the chicago cubs lost to the colorado rockies in the nl wild card. The cubs won 103 regularseason games in 2016, the most in the big leagues, then beat the giants in a national league division series and the dodgers in the n.
The cubs will need a lotta luck to challenge the cardinals and the pirates. The 2015 chicago cubs played 161 games during the regular season, won 96 games, lost 65 games, and finished in third position. Back to the future screenwriter bob gale predicted the cubs would win the 2015 world series but is a lifelong cardinals fan. It is, then, hard to sustain success but i believe the cubs will get back to the world series at least once more over the next few. Mcfly looks at a hologram and sees that the chicago cubs won the 2015. A documentary based on how the cubs won it all duration. Sometime prior to 2015, the contest had gone from a best of seven to a best of nine format. They won 290 games the next three seasons, making two more nlcs appearances, one of which a world series championship followed. Even with lester, cubs wont contend in 2015 fox sports.
Mike montgomery gets the final out to seal the cubs 10inning game 7 win, giving the team their first world series title since 1908. Three years after cubs world series win, pressure to repeat. This was for ernie and ronnie and billy and many more. And while the cubs still havent won a world series now at 107 years and counting, miami does indeed have an mlb team. In the 1989 movie back to the future part ii, marty mcfly michael j. 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. Chicago cubs will win 2015 world series vs miami marlins. The 2015 world series was the championship series of major league baseballs mlb 2015. 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 line to win the world series. Back to the future ii correctly predicted cubs world. The indians and cubs ended with 27 runs apiece over their seven games. The cubs defeated the indians 4 games to 3 to win their first world series since 1908. The drought was imbued with fresh intrigue in 1945, when a local tavern owner supposedly put a curse on the franchise. Back to the future part ii is playing in theaters on wednesday, oct.
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