BACK, BACK, BACK TO THE FUTURE
-- he Chicago Cubs play the Pittsburgh Pirates in the National League wild-card game Wednesday, but we already know who will win. That's because Marty McFly learned that the Cubs swept the 2015 World Series when he traveled 30 years ahead in time in "Back to the Future, Part II.'' He also found the 1950-2000 edition of Grays Sports Almanac, which listed the results of every major sporting event during that span.
So we know that the Cubs will win this year's World Series. But what do the next decades hold for Chicago and baseball in general? You've come to the right place, because we traveled 30 years into the future to peek at the 2045 Baseball Almanac.
2016: Royals Fans Trump the Vote
2017: Cubs A Bit Out Of Whack
2018: Padres Get Sirious, Hire New GM
2019: Squeezed Out Of Tropicana Field
2020: One Hall Of A Traffic Jam
2021: The Kanye West Wing
2022: He Feared the Beards
2023: That's How You Throw Like A Girl
2024: And the Gold Medal Goes to Milwaukee
2025: Don't Kill The Umpires Just Yet
2026: If You Don't Build It, We Won't Stay
2027: Well, That and Perhaps Viagra
2028: The Day (Game) The Music Died
2029: Charlie Moron
2030: Don't Let My Elbow Go Down On Me
2031: Take Me Out To The Brain Game
2032: The Rally Monkey Had An Amazing WAR
2033: No, Canada
2034: The New Home Run/Teriyaki Chicken King
2035: The Golden Voice of Baseball
2036: Now Batting, the Shortstop, No. 102
2037: The Winter Classic
2038: Changes on the Horizon
2039: Raising the Blue Flag
2040: Fountain of Youth Still Flowing
2041: Wait, There's an Even Older Player
2042: The Class of '42 (And '41)
2043: Upon Further Review
2044: Hell Freezes Over
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