Back To The Future: All The Things You Missed

Published on September 12, 2019 By Jason Albert

Cubs Winning The World Series

You’ll appreciate these in-jokes if you’re a fan of baseball (spoiler: this writer isn’t). First off is the fact that the Chicago Cubs hadn’t actually won the World Series since 1907, so the filmmakers were trying to make a small joke about their eventual and overdue success.

Universal Pictures

Second, Back To The Future claims they beat a team from Miami – but the city didn’t have a baseball team at the time. It wasn’t until 2012 when the Miami Marlins was formed – but the two cities haven’t played each other yet! The Cubs would go on to win the World Series in 2016 – a year after the prediction!