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TIL in the 1989 film *Back to the Future Part II" screenwriter Bob Gale wanted the future to seem as improbable as possible, so the long time baseball fan has the Chicago Cubs as the 2015 World Series Champions!…The Cubs who haven’t won the World Series in 107 years have 7/1 odds to win it all.

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