For those outside the “world” of American Baseball, the Chicago Cubs haven’t won the World Series since 1908. In Back To The Future Part II, it is predicted that “the Cubbies” would win in 2015. Well, they were only off by a year!
I don’t really care about a flying car that much (people are barely competent to drive on flat ground, let alone in three dimensions). What I’d really like is a Mr. Fusion!
I kept thinking of James Barr’s interview with Jack Reacher in Lee Childs’ book, “One Shot.”
“I can’t remember,” Barr said. “There’s nothing there. I remember that winning run, and that’s all. The announcers were going crazy. You know how they are. They were kind of incredulous. I mean, what a stupid way to lose a ballgame. But it’s the Cubs, right? They were saying they always find some way to lose.”