Rocking a Cubs jacket and his usual comedic candor, actor Bill Murray crashed the end of Friday's White House daily press briefing to talk about his favorite team.
Murray is in Washington to receive the 2016 Mark Twain Prize for American Humor on Sunday, meaning he could miss Game 7 in Chicago if Clayton Kershaw and the Dodgers get the win Saturday in Game 6 of the NL Championship Series.
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Murray told the press that while Kershaw is undoubtedly excellent, the Cubs have "too many sticks," and predicted a Cubs win before trolling Los Angeles for their lack of autumn weather.
"You get a little bit of autumn in Chicago, you don't get that in Los Angeles," Murray said. "Trees just die. In Illinois they flourish.”
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The star of "Saturday Night Live," "Caddyshack" and "Groundhog Day" later met with President Obama, who told USA Today, "He was wearing a Cubs jacket — which for a White Sox fan is a little troubling."