Remembering an interesting day

I missed blogging about it on the actual day, but October 21st was ‘Back to the Future Day.’  It was dubbed this because in the movie “Back to the Future: Part 2” Marty McFly (played by Michael J. Fox) and Emmett Brown (Christopher Lloyd) traveled to the future.  They jumped forward from the year 1985 to October 21, 2015.  It is comical how wrong the filmmakers were in their projection of how the future was going to be.  Yes, they got some things right (for example, 3D technology was a major presence in Back to the Future’s version of 2015; that one was certainly predicted correctly), but by and large, they were very wrong; I could list 15 examples of this.

One of the aspects of the 2015 in “Back to the Future” that many people found fascinating in the days leading up to 10/21 was the Chicago Cubs.  In the movie, Marty is surprised by an announcement that the Chicago Cubs had won the World Series.  They had swept the Miami Gators to win a world championship.  Incidentally, that’s one thing the film was correct on: when the movie came out there was no Major League baseball team in Miami.  But there is now.  It’s not the Miami Gators, it’s the Miami Marlins.  Plus, the Marlins are a National League team, meaning the Cubs couldn’t play them in the World Series, but still, that’s a point for the writers for getting that prediction correct.

The reason this was so interesting is because in real life the Chicago Cubs were trying very hard to fulfill the “Back to the Future” prophecy.  The Cubs made it all the way to the NLCS (National League Championship Series).  Unfortunately, the Cubs were unable to advance to the World Series.  The New York Mets played the role of spoiler for millions of “Back to the Future” fans by defeating the Cubbies.  Ironically, it was on ‘Back to the Future Day’ that the Mets defeated the Cubs 8-3 to complete a sweep of the Cubs and advance to the World Series.  The fact that they were swept is significant because, once again, in the film the Cubs had swept the Miami Gators.  In real life, they were swept by the Mets.  And sadly, the heartache longsuffering Cubs fans continues.

Another thing that I find fascinating is the team that the New York Mets will be playing in the World Series.  The Kansas City Royals defeated the Toronto Blue Jays to advance to the big game.  The last time the Royals won the World Series was back in October of 1985 (someone may want to point out that the last time the Royals were in the World Series was just last year.  It’s true.  But they haven’t actually won it since the 80’s.).  I’m bringing all this up because my dad was born and raised in Kansas City.  With all due respect to Mets fans, I’m rooting for the Royals.  If Kansas City does win the World Series, it might even make my dad smile in Heaven.  Who knows?

Kevin