As we inch closer and closer to the postseason, plenty will be made about “Back to the Future II” predicting a Chicago Cubs 2015 World Series victory.
Sure, it also predicted an American League team out of Miami as the World Series losers, but that’s beside the point…we want to talk about how/why the Cubs were chosen as the victors in the 1989 time traveling comedy. Turns out, picking the Northsiders to win (they were, after all, called a “100 to 1 shot” in the film) was all just a joke.
“I’ve always been a Cardinals fan. You can’t grow up in St. Louis without it. There’s something wrong with you if you say you’re from St. Louis and you’re not a Cardinals fan,” the movie’s screenwriter (and Cardinals fan) Bob Gale said. “It’s just more ridiculous that it’s the Cubs.”
Agreed. And we’ll have to wait about six more weeks to see if Gale’s prediction gets close to coming true.
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