--- title: Cubs Predicted to Win 2016 World Series in 1993 Yearbook description: The Cubs may have lost game one of the World Series, but according to one fan's 1993 yearbook quote, their run isn't destined to end now. canonical: https://time.com/4546106/chicago-cubs-2016-world-series-yearbook-prediction/ author: Megan McCluskey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-10-26T15:46:04.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:38:01.452Z og:title: Man Predicts Cubs Will Win the World Series in 1993 Yearbook og:description: "You heard it here first" og:url: https://time.com/4546106/chicago-cubs-2016-world-series-yearbook-prediction/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Man Predicts Cubs Will Win the World Series in 1993 Yearbook twitter:description: "You heard it here first" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Man Predicts Chicago Cubs Will Win the 2016 World Series in 1993 Yearbook Quote  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Oct 26, 2016 3:46 PM UTC  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Oct 26, 2016 3:46 PM UTC The [Chicago Cubs](http://time.com/money/4544471/chicago-cubs-cleveland-indians-2016-world-series-tickets-money-beer-bets/) may have lost to the Cleveland Indians 6-0 in Tuesday’s game one of the [2016 World Series](http://time.com/4543879/world-series-chicago-cubs-cleveland-indians/), but their championship run isn’t destined to end now — at least according to one fan’s 23-year-old yearbook quote. In an image that has gone viral since it was posted on Twitter by user [Thomas J. Dale](https://twitter.com/tommydale33?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw), 1993 Mission Viejo High School senior Michael Lee’s prediction that the Cubbies would go on to achieve their [long-awaited victory](http://time.com/4543241/world-series-chicago-cubs-1908-history/) in this very year can be seen below his class photo. “Chicago Cubs. 2016 World Champions. You heard it here first,” the inscription reads. > [](https://twitter.com/tommydale33/status/790770494995832832) And for those with any doubt that the photo is real, check out the video below. \[[h/t Uproxx](http://uproxx.com/sports/chicago-cubs-world-series-yearbook-prediction-1993/2/)\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4546106/chicago-cubs-2016-world-series-yearbook-prediction/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4546106/chicago-cubs-2016-world-series-yearbook-prediction/"},"headline":"Man Predicts Chicago Cubs Will Win the 2016 World Series in 1993 Yearbook Quote","datePublished":"2016-10-26T15:46:04.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:38:01.452Z","description":"\"You heard it here first\"","url":"https://time.com/4546106/chicago-cubs-2016-world-series-yearbook-prediction/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Sports topic","Baseball","MLB","Chicago Cubs","world series"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Megan McCluskey","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4546106/chicago-cubs-2016-world-series-yearbook-prediction/","name":"Man Predicts Chicago Cubs Will Win the 2016 World Series in 1993 Yearbook Quote"}}]}] ```