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          Which LCS team has the best celebrity fans?

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          Bill Murray on Wrigley: 'How I always pictured it' (5:06)

          Actor and Cubs fan Bill Murray joins SportsCenter to describe the scene at Wrigley Field before Game 3 of the NLCS and what it would mean for him if the Cubs win the World Series. (5:06)

          Apr 1, 2016
          • Aimee Crawford

          Celebrity fans, they're just like us ... but with better seats. Each playoff team counts a faction of actors, musicians and politicians among its diehards. They aren't bold-faced bandwagon fans who show up simply to socialize or be seen behind the dugout. These famous folks live and die -- and laugh and cry -- with their favorite teams.

          The Mets have a host of comedians and a Supreme Court justice in their corner, while the Cubs counter with an Academy Award winner and the Democratic presidential front-runner. The Blue Jays bring a Rock and Roll Hall of Famer and Green Arrow, while the Royals boast Ant Man and an up-and-coming rapper. Which LCS team's fan base has the highest Q rating? Read on.

          CHICAGO CUBS

          The Actor: Bill Murray

          The "Caddyshack" star is such a Wrigley Field staple that he even got the nod to help former Cubs announcer Harry Caray headline the first night game ever played at the park in 1988. So he has got that goin' for him, which is nice. Murray traveled to Florida during Chicago's 2007 playoff run and was even invited to a party in the clubhouse after the team clinched the National League Central Division. The Golden Globe winner -- who will next headline the upcoming film "Rock the Kasbah" -- was also the subject of a petition by Cubs fans to replace Bob Brenly as the team's color commentator in 2013. Whether he's running the bases, singing during the seventh-inning stretch or calling out the rival Cardinals, the Cubs can always turn to Murray for comic relief.

          The musician: Eddie Vedder

          The Pearl Jam frontman -- who penned a Cubs-themed ballad titled "(Someday We'll Go) All the Way" in 2007 -- partied with the players in the clubhouse after their NL wild-card win against the Pirates. Then he sat in the box of pal Theo Epstein for Game 4 of the NLDS at Wrigley. Pearl Jam has a South American tour slated to start at the beginning of November, so Vedder will have to leave the country at the end of October -- right when the World Series begins. He says it's the last such fall tour he will schedule for the next "five to seven" years. Yes, even Vedder apparently thought the Cubs were a year away from contending for a championship.

          The politician: Hillary Clinton

          As First Lady, Clinton -- who was born in Chicago and grew up in suburban Park Ridge -- threw out the first pitch at Wrigley Field on opening day of the 1994 season. "Once a Cubs fan, always a Cubs fan," she said last fall. "But my personality was such that I couldn't stay hitched only to a losing team." Clinton earned ire from Cubs fans when she switched her allegiances to the Yankees during her New York Senate campaign. But the 2016 Democratic presidential candidate is back firmly in the Cubs' corner this fall.

          Other Cubs fans of note: actor Vince Vaughn; actor Jim Belushi; actor John Cusack; NASCAR driver Danica Patrick; MMA fighter CM Punk; Fall Out Boy bassist Pete Wentz; Smashing Pumpkins singer Billy Corgan; actor Tim McIlrath, actor Ike Barinholtz; actor Jake Johnson; actor Nick Offerman; comedian Jeff Garlin.

          NEW YORK METS

          The actors: Chris Rock and Jerry Seinfeld

          It helps to have a sense of humor to be a Mets fan. Just ask comedians Chris Rock or Jerry Seinfeld, two diehard fans who had the perfect reaction -- aka the "Cespedes face" -- after the Mets outfielder crushed a three-run homer against the Dodgers in Game 3 of the NLDS.

          Seinfeld, of course, is already an unabashed Cespedes fan, as we learned from his Tweet at the trade deadline:

          Seinfeld, who occasionally moonlights as a baseball broadcaster, and Rock are two of many funny men and women who love the Mets.

          The musician: Marc Anthony

          The Grammy Award winner and native New Yorker has sung before and during many games -- including the 2013 All-Star Game at Citi Field, when he belted out a heartfelt rendition of "God Bless America." When some viewers of the All-Star telecast called him out on social media for not being "American," both Anthony and baseball fired back. "Marc Anthony is a proud American, New Yorker and Mets fan," an MLB spokesperson responded. And Anthony himself said, "Let's get this straight. I was born and raised in New York. You can't get more New York than me." His song "Vivir Mi Vida" is also a favorite walkup tune for players across the league.

          The justice: Elena Kagan

          The U.S. Supreme Court Justice played softball on a team at the University of Chicago law school. But Kagan plays hardball when it comes to the sports industry. And the diehard Mets fan even slipped a mention of her favorite team into a 2012 Supreme Court opinion interpreting a federal drug-approval law. "If a sports-fan friend bemoans that 'the New York Mets do not have a chance of winning the World Series,'" Kagan wrote, "you will gather that the team has no chance whatsoever (because they have no hitting)."

          Other Mets fans of note: Former Daily Show host Jon Stewart; actor Robert DeNiro; actress Hilary Swank; actor Matthew Broderick; actress Julia Stiles; actor Adam Sandler; talk show host Jimmy Kimmel; comedian Jim Breuer.

          KANSAS CITY ROYALS

          The actor: Paul Rudd

          Like most Royals fans, Rudd was elated that his team advanced to the World Series last year for the first time since 1985. And so he did what any self-respecting celebrity should when his favorite team pulls off a sweep in his hometown: invite everyone to a kegger at his mom's house. Then take a selfie with the team. So what will Rudd, one of several comedic actors who root for the Royals, do now that his team is within reach of another Series berth?

          The musician: Tech N9ne

          The Kansas City rapper was front and center at Game 1 of the World Series last year. Tech N9ne marveled at his view on Instagram but noted that he paid a whopping $6,000 for his ticket. Speaking of rappers and Royals, we're not sure if Fetty Wap is a K.C. fan, but we do know that the Royals players are a wee bit obsessed with the "Trap Queen" troubadour.

          The politician: Sam Brownback

          In his State of the State address last January, the Kansas Governor said he would have sent Alex Gordon home in the bottom of the ninth inning of Game 7 of the 2014 World Series.

          Other Royals fans of note: NASCAR Sprint Cup driver Clint Bowyer; actor Don Cheadle; actor Jason Sudeikis; actor Rob Riggle; actor Eric Stonestreet; actor David Koechner.

          TORONTO BLUE JAYS

          The musician: Rush singer Geddy Lee

          Lee has been a Blue Jays season-ticket holder since 1979. The Rock and Roll Hall of Famer can even be seen keeping score from his perch behind home plate at Rogers Centre. He's also an avid fantasy player. In fact, Geddy is so serious about the hobby that he insists on having high-speed Internet access in every venue the band plays so he can keep tabs on his team. "We do an intermission between sets," he said, "and the first thing I do is check box scores."

          The actor: Stephen Amell

          It was a long couple of weeks without my bat.

          A photo posted by Stephen Amell (@amelladventures) on

          The Toronto-born Green Arrow lobbied to get Blue Jays third baseman Josh Donaldson into the MLB All Star Game -- and trolled Royals fans -- back in June. He later met Donaldson, took batting practice at the Rogers Centre with the team -- and went deep. And the "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2" star was just as overwhelmed by that epic Game 5 in the American League Division Series as the rest of us.

          The politician: Rob Ford

          The former Toronto mayor (and current city councilman) scored some pretty sweet seats to Game 5 of the ALDS -- much to the chagrin of Jays fans. Almost every time Ford appears in public wearing the jersey of a major sports team (from Toronto or otherwise), that team tends to lose. Plus, there's already a well-documented political jinx on the Blue Jays this year. The leaders of all three major political parties -- prime minister Stephen Harper, NDP Leader Thomas Mulcair and Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau -- have attended home games, and Toronto has lost every time. All three eventually promised not to attend any more games this year.

          Other Blue Jays fans of note: rapper Drake; singer Avril Lavigne; Hockey Night in Canada host Don Cherry; Canadian reggae fusion band Magic!; actor Luke Bilyk.