Coming off their first world series title in over 20 years, the 1930 philadelphia athletics won their second straight american league title. Apr 29, 2009 this cartoon predicts the future more than 60 years ago. Louis cardinals 10153 who trounced their national league foes, winning the pennant by games. It matched the american league al champion boston americans against the national league nl champion pittsburgh pirates in a bestofnine series, with boston prevailing five games to three, winning the last four. They had gone 21 down to argentina after golden boot winner guillermo stabile scored on the 37th minute.
Back to the future predicted this world series, sort of. Bob jones left capped off his brilliant 1930 season by winning the u. The 1931 world series was a rematch of the 1930 world series champion philadelphia athletics 10745 seeking to win three straight titles and the st. Wally moon, whose homers helped the dodgers win a world. The florida marlins team began play in miami in 1993, and won the world series in 1997. He got twelve hits in the seven game series, and batted. Chicago cubs swept out of playoffs on the day they were predicted to win world series in. In the 1989 timetraveling action adventure back to the future. Philadelphia athletics over chicago cubs 41 statheads want to know. Hill valley is the fictional town in california as shown with the clock that serves as the setting of the back to the future trilogy and its animated spinoff series. Who was the last team to win back to back world series.
From may 7 to 26, the cardinals won 17 of 18 games, landing them in first place in the national league. George william mule haas october 15, 1903 june 30, 1974 was an american professional baseball player. By far its most noteworthy moment was babe ruths called shot home run, in his 10th and last world series. The 2nd greatest cubs team in history closed out its glory years, only ten years into the new century. Back to the future ii correctly predicted cubs world. The 1932 world series was a fourgame sweep by the american league champions new york yankees over the national league champions chicago cubs. A critical examination of the cultural, cinematic, and historical contexts of the back to the future trilogy, this book provides a multifocal representation of the trilogy from several interdisciplinary fields, including philosophy, literature, music, pop culture, and media and gender studies.
The franchise follows the adventures of a high school student, marty mcfly michael j. Bobo newsom 10 paul derringer 01 game 2, october 3. A diverse group of talented pitchers helped to quell jackrabbit offenses and restore respect to the mound. Back to the future predicted baseball team the chicago cubs would end their world series drought and missed out by just a year on wednesday night, the cubs defeated the cleveland indians 87. Oct 24, 2017 the tigers held on to win 41, in the process becoming just the third team in world series to ever come back from a 31 series deficit to win. The future that never was photo 1 pictures cbs news. Prior to 1935, the yankees had released the legendary babe ruth, who went on to play briefly for the boston braves, and shortly thereafter retired from baseball. Mickey mantle, meanwhile, collected four hits and another homer, his 14th world series dinger, bringing him within one of babe ruths record. Part iis director robert zemeckis were just one year off their prediction, but whats even more. Cardinal outfielder pepper martin was the batting hero in that 1931 world series. But the results still werent quite there it would be two more years before minnesota would win its first world series, in 1987 over st. The worlds largest nonpolar desert, is actually the. The devastating loss was the first since 1926 for the yankees, who had won in all eight of their appearances in the fall classic. Uruguay in 1930, italy in 1934, england in 1966, west germany in 1974, argentina in 1978 and france in 1998 are the countries which organized an edition of the world cup and won it.
The 1939 world series featured the threetime defending champion new york yankees against the cincinnati reds, who were making their first series appearance since winning the scandaltainted 1919 world series. Its a big year for back to the future part ii geeks, so start your celebrating with a cold glass of pepsi perfect, a pair of nike mag replicas and a working hoverboard. Cubs out of world series on back to the future day. Cincinnati reds over detroit tigers 43 statheads want to know. In this world of instant gratification, the 2011 world series is already old news. This world series program from shibe park features skipper hall of famer connie mack on the cover, and is the blue variation cover. The nazis were defeated, and the allies stood victorious. Haines had 10 seasons of doublefigure wins, three of them 20victory seasons, and he pitched in four world series 1926, 1928, 1930 and 1934, when he was 41 years old.
Only the cardinals, in 1931, broke the mold, beating the a. Our modern world through a 1930s lens future 38 is a lost classic film from 1938, recently rediscovered in a hollywood attic. May 24, 2018 over a fouryear span, spain won the 2008 euro, 2010 world cup and 2012 euro. Back to the future welcome to another episode of our web series, where it was made, in which we revisit the actual filming locations for some of the most popular films ever made. But it was the angels, thanks to the power of series mvp troy glaus, who won the first world series title in franchise history. Don bradman ended his miraculous bout of run making in the series with a double hundred at the oval and took his aggregate to 974 runs in five tests.
Amateur at merion cricket club and completing the grand slam. When the first modern world series was played in 1903, there were eight teams in each league. 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 did not have a major league baseball franchise. From the first year a philadelphia team played in the world series back in 1905, when the new york giants defeated the as four games to oneuntil the whiz kids won the pennant for the phillies in 1950, this was an american league city, a town whose heart belonged to the as. The world series is the annual championship series of major league baseball mlb and concludes the mlb postseason. Why lessons from washingtons last world series are still. They lost in 1930 but won the rematch with martin hitting. Back to the future ii predicts cubs 2015 world series win. Back to the future gear for right now pictures cnet. Then you go until the 1930s before you get a team other than the yankees winning back to back 29 30 philadelphia athletics. The 1910 world series featured the philadelphia athletics and the chicago cubs, with the athletics winning in five games to earn their first championship jack coombs of philadelphia won three games and eddie collins supplied timely hitting. Chicago cubs world series win has ruined a back to the.
The 1970 world series was the championship series of major league baseballs mlb 1970 season. The world series opened in philadelphia, with grove facing cardinal spitballer burleigh grimes. The cubs finally won the world series, and it took one of the best baseball games ever to do it. Switzerlands wingsuit flyer ueli gegenschatz approaches botafuogo bay to open the red bull. Back to the future part iii is a 1990 science fiction western comedy movie starring michael j. Manager connie mack, catcher mickey cochrane, first baseman jimmie foxx, outfielder al simmons, playercoach. He set a world record for the 400m hurdles in 1976 and holds the world record for a decadelong. In the back to the future series, one of the many wild predictions included the chicago cubs winning the world series on october 21, 2015. Various books, videos games and comic books are released of series and series became a popular culture icon. Philadelphias pitching ace lefty grove won two and saved one as the mackmen played the cards right the 1930 st louis cardinals led the national league in runs scored and averaged six 6 runs per game in the regular season, but could only manage two 2 runs per game during.
It was punctuated by fiery arguments between the two teams, heating up the atmosphere before the world series even began. How many movies are there in the back to the future series. Back to the future writer bob gale on cubs world series. Hurdler edwin moses is a twotime olympic gold medalist, competing in the 1976 and 1984 games. 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. The cubs finally won the world series, and it took one of.
The animated series is a frenchamerican animated sciencefiction comedy adventure television series for television based on the liveaction back to the future movie trilogy. Theyre characterized by orange and black tigerlike stripes, and according to the. If you like political cartoons with insight, this is. The classic flick predicted the end of the chicago cubs epic pennant drought.
Louis cardinals have won 11 world series, secondmost among all 30 teams and most among national league franchises, accounting for 9. Cardinal pitchers wild bill hallahan and burleigh grimes were both 20 in the. Often referred to as the fall classic, the modern world series has been played every year since 1903. Timeline detail pro football hall of fame official site. Ranking the 10 best world series of all time before the dodgers and astros face off the dodgers and astros have their work cut out for them if they are to get into. Its also available for football, basketball and hockey. The film is mostly set in the year 1885 with some time in 1955 and 1985.
He played as a center fielder in major league baseball from 1925 through 1938, most notably as a member of the philadelphia athletics dynasty that won three consecutive american league pennants from 1929 to 1931 and, won the world series in 1929 and 1930. Back to the future 3 finished with to be continued but it never continued because all actors and actresses got older. The gashouse gang won pennants in 1930 31 and met the powerful philadelphia athletics in both world series. Delorean became the symbol of movie and its used on all vhs, dvd and blu ray releases as cover picture.
Dayton, the last of the nfls original franchises, was purchased by william b. Heres a look at every fifa world cup, a trip through the worlds biggest sporting events history that includes a wild bit of u. But they then lost 14 of the next 16 games, plunging them to fourth place, where they remained until late august. Pirates over senators the senators could not get out future hall of famer max carey, who hit. The classic flick predicted the end of the chicago cubs epic pennant drought, and, possibly, donald trumps rise on the political scene. 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 next day, he started on the mound and hit another home run to support his own cause in a 121 victory the next time the red sox won back to back games via the home run was in may 2005. The 67th edition of the world series, it was a bestofseven playoff between the american league champion baltimore orioles 10854 in the regular season and the national league champion cincinnati reds 10260. Fox, christopher lloyd and mary steenburgen that opened on may 25, 1990. Mlb world series champions major league baseball espn.
From the first year a philadelphia team played in the world seriesback in 1905, when the new york giants defeated the as four games to oneuntil the whiz kids won the pennant for the phillies in 1950, this was an american league city, a town whose heart belonged to the as. The back to the future series had a fun, comedic feel in general, so in the. In the trilogy, hill valley is seen in four different time periods 1885, 1955, 1985 and 2015 as well as in a dystopian alternate 1985. The yankees swept the series in four games for the second straight year, winning their record fourth consecutive title they would later win five straight from 1949 to 1953.
After back to back laughers, the yankees led the series 21. You wont see anything like this taught in schools today. Back to the future is an american science fiction adventure comedy film series written and directed by robert zemeckis, produced by bob gale and neil canton for steven spielbergs amblin entertainment, and distributed by universal pictures. If you like political cartoons with insight, this is one of the best ever made. The packers added back johnny blood mcnally, tackle cal hubbard, and guard mike michalske, and won their first nfl championship, edging the giants, who featured quarterback benny friedman. You wont believe whats buried under the saharahidden lost ancient civilizations. 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. 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.
He won two of his three starts, losing game five 31 with a general lack of support from st. You won t see anything like this taught in schools today. You wont believe whats buried under the saharahidden lost. Back to the future welcome to another episode of our webseries, where it was made, in which we revisit the actual filming locations for some of the most popular films ever made. Depler, moved to brooklyn, and renamed the dodgers. According to the news, of course, the miami team will lose the 2015 series. Like catcher bill dickey, lou gehrig was an unstoppable force and factor for the new york yankees club that won five world series during the 1930s.
He continued going deep hitting four long balls during the 1972 world series and for that he earned the world series most valuable player award. The surprise cardinals had dethroned the mighty yankees and taken the world title back for the national league. Did you know that the last title won by the athletics organization occurred when they were playing in philadelphia and in the 1930 world series. A comprehensive list of mlb world series champions from 1903 to the present. Cartoon predicts the future more than 60 years ago. Ranking the 10 best world series of all time before the. The deans would dominate, he gloated, and win all four series games for the cardinals. This cartoon predicts the future more than 60 years ago. Dec 11, 2012 the 1930 world series pitted the al champion philadelphia as who were 10252 against the nl champion st. But uruguay came back in the second half to score three unanswered goals. You wont believe whats buried under the saharahidden. 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.
So in a nod to our short attention spans, page 2 presents the. Dec 17, 2015 world war ii set humanity on a path to our modern world. Unfortunately the 2015 cubs were swept out of the playoffs by the new york mets, dashing any hope of a back to the future part ii prediction of a world series for chicagos most beleaguered team. Three years later, the cards won a close pennant race against the giants and defeated the detroit tigers in seven games. Get scores, news and notes in your inbox every day. Back to the future also known as back to the future. Could the back to the future part ii cubs prediction. The idea of the home run derby certainly was not new, but this was the first time major league baseball had seen fit to bring back the contest that had once been made for tv in the early 1960s.
Fox travels to the year 2015 from the 1980s, where he is informed that the chicago cubs actually won the 2015 world series. They were finally defeated in the 1931 world series by the st. Richardson became the 7th player in world series history to crack a grand slam and set a world series record with 6 rbi in the game. The advent of the fax machine felt like the future when back to the future part ii was made, but in the time since, the internet happened, and. How the movies portrayal of the future differed from its 1980s fellows. It is the third and final part of the back to the future trilogy, following back to the future and back to the future part ii. Oct 21, 2019 the al had won five of the previous six world series titles. A new decade meant a new hope for pitchers who, in the 10 previous years, had been constantly performing a duckandcover routine from a nonstop barrage of offensive firepower as the live ball was unleashed upon them. Usga museum this is the 16th in a series of 18 stories looking back at every usga championship and international team competition held at merion golf club, site of the 20 u. Louis featured solid pitching, but the cards biggest winner during the regular season, wild bill hallahan, won only 15 games. In the 1930 world series, the philadelphia athletics beat the st. The 1903 world series was the first modern world series to be played in major league baseball. A better quiz would even be who are the only franchises to win three or more in a row ny yankees several times and oakland athletics once.
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