Actor and Chicago Cubs superfan Bill Murray is in Washington, D.C., ahead of a ceremony Sunday where he'll get the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor at the Kennedy Center. So it's unclear whether he'll be able to be at Wrigley Field this weekend to see if the Cubs will be able to reach their first World Series since 1945, especially since a potential Game 7 of the NLCS would conflict with the ceremony.
However, Murray still has the Cubs on his mind and on his sleeve while in Washington. Wearing full Cubs gear, Murray crashed a White House press briefing on Friday, answering questions about his team's chances against the Los Angeles Dodgers in Saturday's Game 6.
Actor and noted @Cubs fan Bill Murray crashes White House briefing pic.twitter.com/mPv2H0zlOi
— POLITICO (@politico) October 21, 2016
He praised Dodgers starter Clayton Kershaw but said the Cubs would prevail because "they've got too many sticks."
Murray later met with President Barack Obama, who didn't say what they discussed but did tell USA Today, "He was wearing a Cubs jacket -- which for a White Sox fan is a little troubling."
Meanwhile, fellow actor Bryan Cranston, an avid Dodgers fan, jokingly took umbrage at Murray's visit.
Proof positive. Cubs surrogate @BillMurray inside the White House! The NLCS is rigged! If the #crookedcubs win the series I will not concede pic.twitter.com/W2DBwJmeFm
— Bryan Cranston (@BryanCranston) October 21, 2016
-- James Quintong