He is best known for his portrayal of Larry David's manager in the HBO Series "Curb Your Enthusiasm," but stand up comedian and "Wall-E" voice over star Jeff Garlin is also known for his over-the-top love a certain team from a certain north side of a certain city near Lake Michigan.

Garlin loves the Cubs.

He comes by his love the way many of us do...

"When I was growing up, I played baseball. I was a huge Cub fan. I lived in Morton Grove [Ill.]. I pretended to be Billy Williams when I was batting."

Though he has been in Los Angeles now for 15 years, he still follows the Cubs. Maybe "follows" is not a strong enough description. He puts it a little more emphatically...

"I don't miss a game between Direct TV and XM satellite radio. I listen to or watch every single Cubs game."

He also returns to Chicago every year to sing "Take Me Out to the Ballgame" and is proud that he has performed that more times than any other actor/performer. While he'll never be signed to a recording deal, Garlin does a respectable job. Here he is belting it out in 2006.

Be sure of one thing. If the Cubs ever do the impossible and win the World Series, when the network cameras survey the crowd they'll find one rather heavy set actor dressed in Cubbie blue sporting the biggest smile you've ever seen.