Mission viejo student predicted cubs 2016 world series. The 1989 film back to the future ii did not correctly predict chicago would be the winner of a 2015 cubsmarlins world series matchup. Twitter in 1989, back to the future part ii predicted the. The cubs losing the world series has become such a joke that even scifi has adopted it as a kind of recurring theme. The 2015 world series was the championship series of major league baseballs mlb 2015 season. Ellen found a way to predict the winner of the world. World series prediction for game 6 on november 1, 2016. The world series is the annual championship series of major league baseball mlb in canada and the usa, contested since 1903 between the american league al champion team and the national league nl champion team. Cubs predicted to win 2016 world series in 1993 yearbook. Shortly after, 5dimes released odds and weve continued to update odds throughout the season. A california high school student may have accurately predicted the 2016 world series winner way back in 1993. Michael lee, a mission viejo senior in 1993, predicted a 2016 cubs world series victory.
Man predicted chicago cubs would win 2016 world series in. So rumors of the imminent demise of this years picks are clearly emanating from the hysteriamongers in our audience. 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. In 2016, as the final game crept closer, fraraccios tweet began to reappear. We recently polled 31 espn experts for their team predictions division winners. During a press stop in january of last year, schur told the crowd that a reference the sitcom made to the cubs winning the 2016 world series. One day after the royals won the 2015 world series, square offshore sportsbook bovada released odds for the 2016 world series. Can they force a game 7 or will the indians clinch at home in game 6. Under mike lees picture was the quote, chicago cubs 2016 world champions. Last october the kansas city royals made good on their return trip to the world series, redeeming their failure a year earlier by cashing in on another world series title in five games over the surprise national league champion new york mets. Nov 2, 2016 could the winner of game 7 of the world series help predict which candidate will win the presidential election.
Its almost like he doesnt think its that big of a deal, marcos meza said of his friends prediction. Mans 1993 yearbook photo predicts chicago cubs win 2016. The 14yearold from oakland, california, said the chicago cubs would make it to the world series, and win for the first time in 108 years, against. The cubs forced a game 6 back in cleveland with a 32 win in game 5. Up until the 1980 presidential election, it appeared that the world series was an accurate predictor of the presidential race. Yearbook photo from 1993 predicts 2016 world series winner. Man predicted chicago cubs would win 2016 world series in 1993. From 1952 to 1976, whenever the american league won the world series, the president to win in that years election was a republican. Fivethirtyeights mlb forecast uses a pitcheradjusted elo model to project the winner of every game and the chances that each team will win the world series. We recently polled 31 espn experts for their team predictions division winners, wildcard winners, league championship series winners and.
Michael lees senior yearbook in 1993 correctly predicted the chicago cubs would win the 2016 world series. Predicting a detroit tigerswashington nationals world series. After a dominant start to begin 2016, chicago has one of baseballs best records through the second week of may. The chicago cubs are finally world series champions. You heard it here first, the quote under michael lees name reads. Mission viejo student predicted 2016 cubs world series win. After six months and a 162game regular season, 10 teams remain in the hunt for the 2016 world series. World series prediction game 6 2016 sportsformulator.
Mission viejo student predicted cubs 2016 world series win in. The classic flick predicted the end of the chicago cubs epic pennant drought, and, possibly, donald trumps rise on the political scene. Oakland 14yearold used stats to predict 2016 world series last. Back to the future ii correctly predicted cubs world. Could the winner of game 7 of the world series help predict which candidate will win the presidential election. The winner of the world series championship is determined through a bestofseven playoff, and the winning team is awarded the commissioners trophy. The series was played between october 27 and november 1, with the royals winning the series 4 games to 1. One man predicted the chicago cubs would win the world series in his 1993 high school yearbook post. Get our data driven mlb predictions for every playoff game through the world series. Man predicts chicago cubs 2016 world series win in yearbook. The chicago cubs, a team without a title since 1908, facing off against the cleveland indians, who hadnt won in 68 years.
The best magic trick of the offseason was when the cubs took the two most valuable players from last years division winner and replaced them with mike. Fans 93 prediction that chicago cubs would win world series in. Its been 107 years since the cubs won the world series. Predicting 2016 mlb division winners and assorted bold. Of 27 elections held between 1908 and 2012, there has been a correlation between the world series winner and the presidential winner 16 times 59%. Back to the future predicted this world series, sort of. Michael lee, then a senior at mission viejo high school, made the prediction under his. The chicago cubs have the longest championship drought in all of american sports, but they enter mlb opening day as the 2016 world series favorites. Our world series picks usa today sports with roughly two dozen teams going for it in 2016, the major league baseball season is relatively wide open. Accurate predictions for the 2016 season mlb 2016 season. Parks and recreation nailed its prediction of a cubs 2016 world. Fivethirtyeights mlb forecast uses a pitcheradjusted elo model to project the winner of every game and the chances that each team will win.
Parks and recreation very deliberately predicted a cubs 2016. In the video, meza displayed the cover and spine of the yearbook, then flipped to a page with classmate mike lees picture. World series 2016 predictions though the world series is nearly five months away at the end of october, its never too early to peer into the crystal ball to forecast which teams could be crowned as champions by the end of the 2016 season. This cleveland indians fan predicted a 2016 world series. The mlb playoffs are some of the most unpredictable in sports each year, but one team stands. Cubs predicted to win 2016 world series in 1993 yearbook time. The chicago cubs and the cleveland indians will meet in the 2016 world series. This apocalyptic tweet predicted the world series 2 years ago.