Bill Murray paid a visit to the world's most famous Chicago White Sox fan at the White House on Friday, but that didn't stop him from donning his Chicago Cubs paraphernalia at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.

"He was wearing a Cubs jacket — which for a White Sox fan is a little troubling," President Obama said.

Murray, in town to receive the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor on Sunday, crashed Friday's White House press briefing before his meeting with the commander in chief.

Wearing a blue Cubs jacket, Murray took off his Cubs cap and stepped to the podium to answer some pressing questions about this year's NLCS between the Cubs and Los Angeles Dodgers.

"Do you think the Cubs will win?" a reporter asked. "I feel very confident that Clayton Kershaw is a great, great pitcher," Murray said. "But we got too many sticks. We got too many sticks."

And on Saturday night, the Cubs came through for Murray, winning their first pennant since 1945 by beating the Dodgers 5-0 in Game 6 of the NL Championship Series. Seeking their first title since 1908, the Cubs open the World Series at Cleveland on Tuesday night.

Before the game, Murray gave the Cubs the edge. "At home with our crowd, the weather. … Trees just die in Los Angeles; in Illinois they flourish," the actor said. He said that he wished he could be at the game.

The victory set off a wild celebration at Wrigley Field.

Washington Post