A comprehensive list of mlb world series champions from 1903 to the present. When the chicago cubs won the world series last year, they ended the longest championship drought in professional sports. I was simply taking a few of their guys into account but they didnt have. The indians, who have not won a world series since 1948, will once again turn to. Were one year on from back to the future day, which marked the date. The chicago cubs were swept out of the playoffs on oct. Just two of the teams who won world series in that span even got back there the next year and none since the phillies in 2009, and 10 of. So asking me to be biased here is like asking me to tell you which of my thumbs is my favorite. Winning backtoback world series is really hard, says. Back to the future part ii is playing in theaters on wednesday, oct. Ranking the top five world series in the last 25 years. They will probably be the last team to win a world series. Back to the future writer bob gale on cubs world series.
Fox travels to the year 2015 from the 1980s, where he is informed that the chicago cubs actually won the 2015 world series. The second movie in the trilogy doesnt actually predict that. While in the future year 2015, marty watches a holographic sports news. How the chicago cubs finally won the world series after.
Predicting the end of a championship drought that spans generations within a year is pretty impressive. Cubs will win world series in 2015 back to the future part ii. 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. Back to the future part ii writer talks about 2015. The new york mets and the kansas city royals have been battling it out for the 2015 world series title since last. Whats most amazing about the cubs win, though, is not just the. The world of back to the future part ii is more real than you might think.
Now, the indians are looking to get back to the world series and avenge their loss in the biggest state in baseball. Back to the future gear for right now pictures cnet. The 2016 mlb season is over, and 29 other teams will try to find a way to win the world series after seeing the chicago cubs won their first in. The 2016 major league baseball season culminates with a winnertakeall game 7 at progressive field in cleveland. Last play from every world series 1980present youtube. They need maybe one more bat or two and a pitcher and they should be on a playoff run in no time. The chicago cubs became world series champions for the first time in 108. In the american league, its championship series begins to.
It remains to be seen if the world series championship. Ranking the top five world series in the last 25 years lets have some fun and rank the top five world series in the last quarter century. Back to the future predicted this world series, sort of. 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. The world series is the annual championship series of major league baseball mlb and concludes the mlb postseason. Opinion my name is joshua bench and i am currently studying sports studies and business at southampton solent university in the uk. The mets were making their first appearance in the world series since 2000, while the royals had made an appearance last year, but lost the title. Two down in the ninth inning, kansas city hit back to win 72 at citi field and clinch first championship since 1985. Who do you think will go to the world series in 2016. In the 1989 timetraveling action adventure back to the future.
On october 21, 2015, in the original timeline, they completed a five game sweep. The film predicted flat screens and drones, but what most excited marty was a world series win. The florida marlins team began play in miami in 1993, and won the world series in 1997. Cubs will win world series in 2015 back to the future part ii predicted it. Back to the future screenwriter bob gale happy for cubs, but. The cubs finally won the world series, and it took one of. Since then, only three teams the kansas city royals, texas rangers, and the philadelphia phillies have returned to the world series the following year after competing in the series. Back to the future ii correctly predicted cubs world series win in. Last years royals saw most of their team playing in the world series just one year before i can agree on the 2010 giants. Itll be a different timeline and one in which, say, the washington nationals could have won the world series in 2015. Back to the future part ii made some incredible predictions in the 80s for what technology would exist in the year 2015. Often referred to as the fall classic, the modern world series has been played every year since 1903. 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. The chicago cubs world series drought was only 81 years long in 1989 when.
So bob zemeckis and i have been talking about this since last year. Full year historical major league statistics provided. 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. After a 10,962 day title drought, kansas city is on top of the sports world once again.
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. 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. Last year, back to the future writer bob gale told sports illustrated what. The world series was the championship for major league baseball during the 20th and 21st. Who was the last team to win back to back world series. These are the 2015 predictions back to the future 2 got. World series history every world series in major league baseball history. Brewers they have good pitching and hitting, but they just dont have enough yet to top off the cardinals and reds. Back to the future part ii was only a year off in predicting the cubs. One such prediction for the year 2015 watch above included a. The iconic 1980s movie wont end up getting the matchup right, but. Back to the future predicted this world series, sort of cnet. First played in 1903, the world series championship is a bestofseven playoff and is a contest between the champions of baseballs national league nl and american league al.
The cubs finally won the world series, and it took one of the best baseball games ever to do it. Cubs will win world series in 2015 back to the future. Cubs out of world series on back to the future day. The last team to only win back to back world series not 3 in a row was the toronto blue jays in 1992 and 1993. Mlb world series champions major league baseball espn. Back to the future missed the cubs win by just a year. Royals win world series after stunning comeback in game 5. 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. Ive always dreamed of seeing the future, looking beyond my years, seeing. Now that were down to mlbs version of the final four, the league championship series in each league, i can make a more informed opinion about whom will go to the world series this year. Every last play from every world series from 1980present day. The royals won the 2015 world series because of devil. 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.
The author of the screenplay for back to the future part ii imagines the future 30 years from today. Full year historical major league statistics provided by pete palmer and gary gillette of hidden game sports. 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. Rays they should win this year or sometime in the next 3 years. According to the news, of course, the miami team will lose the 2015 series. A 72 win on sunday night ended the 2015 mlb season, concluding a world series. According to usa today the next day, the win came in game 5 of the series. The cleveland indians nearly won it all last season, being one win away from being the world series champions before falling three games in a row to the eventual world series champion chicago cubs. Every sport has their pinnacle trophy, but none is as coveted as baseballs world series. Royals win world series after stunning comeback in game 5 as it happened. Projecting the next 5 world series matchups and champions. Back to the future ii correctly predicted cubs world. Cubs win the world series a year later than the back to.
The royals won the 2015 world series because of devil magic and pure talent new, 168 comments this probably isnt something you can expect every year, but you can certainly appreciate it. The series was played between october 27 and november 1, with the royals winning the series 4 games to 1. Last night the chicago cubs became world series champions, defeating the cleveland indians four games to three after a wild extra innings game. Its 2015 and we have lightup shoes, a jaws 19 trailer and working hoverboards after a fashion. According to back to the future ii, which takes place in 2015, the chicago cubs are world series winners. The world series is the annual championship series of major league baseball mlb and. Marlins have fun with 2015 world series cubs over miami prophecy in back to the future part ii. The last back to back world series title to occur in mlb was in 2000 when the new york yankees defeated the new york mets.
Boston is a legitimate threat to win the world series. 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. Number of a list of categories that will answer that burning question you have as to the number of something. Chicago cubs world series win has ruined a back to the. Back to the future writer, a cardinals fan, discusses prediction of cubs winning 2015 world series. I cant be biased as these are my two favorite teams in baseball. 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 classic flick predicted the end of the chicago cubs epic pennant drought, and, possibly, donald trumps rise on the political scene. It should say the dodgers beat yankees in 1981 world series 42, not the other way aroun. Thats not a very good record over the last 16 years. This is going to look a lot less mysterious to future generations, when they look back at the.
Back to the future part ii had predicted that a team from miami would win. Predicting the winner and loser of the next 8 world series. Each year, the primary focus in any professional sport is the race for a championship. Back to the future part ii was only a year off in predicting the. On october 21, 2015, the chicago cubs won the series in a sweep over. 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.
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