foul poles at Wrigley Field are 108 meters from home plate and the movie Back to the Future Part II, which predicted the Cubs would win the World Series, is 108 minutes long. DePorter listed many 108s and while attending the Cubs first playoff game against the San Francisco Giants predicted that Javier Baez would hit a home run on pitch number 108. DePorter video taped that moment. USA Today put DePorter's called shot 108 story on the cover of the paper. The 108 signs continued throughout the Cubs World Series run. The most pitches thrown by a Cubs player during the post season was 108 by Jon Lester and the biggest home run, Addison Russell's World Series Game 6 Grand Slam, went 108 mph. When the Cubs won the World Series Joe Maddon lifted the World Series trophy for the first time at 1:08 AM. References External links harrycarays.com Illinois Tourism News article about Grant DePorter BBC article Chicago Gateway Green website Chicago Tribune Businesspeople from Chicago Chicago Cubs Cornell University School of Hotel Administration alumni Fuqua School of Business alumni 1964 births Latin School of Chicago alumni Living people American restaurateurs