<P> In the 2015 scene , the film imagines the Chicago Cubs winning the 2015 World Series against the fictional Miami - based Gators , referencing the Cubs ' longstanding failure to win a championship . In the actual 2015 season , the Cubs qualified for the postseason , their first postseason appearance since 2008 , but the Cubs lost the National League Championship Series ( not the World Series ) to the New York Mets on October 21 , 2015 , which coincidentally was the same day as `` Back to the Future Day , '' the day Marty McFly arrived in 2015 in the film . Despite losing in 2015 , one year later the Cubs did win the 2016 World Series against the Cleveland Indians . In the real 2015 World Series , the Kansas City Royals defeated the Mets to win their first World Series championship since 1985 , the same year from which Marty and Doc time traveled in the film . As for the fictional Miami Gators , when the film was made Florida did not yet have a Major League Baseball team , but the state has since gained two franchises : the Florida Marlins ( now the Miami Marlins ) in 1993 and the Tampa Bay Devil Rays ( now the Tampa Bay Rays ) in 1998 . Neither qualified for the postseason in 2015 . </P>
<P> In the 2015 scene , the film imagines the Chicago Cubs winning the 2015 World Series against the fictional Miami - based Gators , referencing the Cubs ' longstanding failure to win a championship . In the actual 2015 season , the Cubs qualified for the postseason , their first postseason appearance since 2008 , but the Cubs lost the National League Championship Series ( not the World Series ) to the New York Mets on October 21 , 2015 , which coincidentally was the same day as `` Back to the Future Day , '' the day Marty McFly arrived in 2015 in the film . Despite losing in 2015 , one year later the Cubs did win the 2016 World Series against the Cleveland Indians . In the real 2015 World Series , the Kansas City Royals defeated the Mets to win their first World Series championship since 1985 , the same year from which Marty and Doc time traveled in the film . As for the fictional Miami Gators , when the film was made Florida did not yet have a Major League Baseball team , but the state has since gained two franchises : the Florida Marlins ( now the Miami Marlins ) in 1993 and the Tampa Bay Devil Rays ( now the Tampa Bay Rays ) in 1998 . Neither qualified for the postseason in 2015 . </P>
when did the cubs win in back to the future
when did the cubs win in back to the future
2015
2015