Politics makes strange bedfellows. So do sports.
Variety reports Los Angeles Dodgers center fielder Mookie Betts is buying the California mansion of former Philadelphia Eagles head coach Chip Kelly.
The five-time Gold Glove winner batted out $7.6 million for his house, located in the celebrity-favored San Fernando Valley community of Encino. It could be coincidence, but records reveal the seller of Betts' new home is also a famous professional sports figure. In August 2018, former NFL coach Chip Kelly — now head coach of the UCLA Bruins — and his wife Jill Cohen paid $7 million for the then-brand-new structure, which was built and sold by a local developer. Barely two years later, the couple flipped it to Betts at a $600,000 profit — all before taxes, holding costs, and any hefty realtor fees are factored into the equation.
Last month, Betts led the Dodgers to their first World Series title since 1988. He’s a finalist for National League MVP just two years after winning AL MVP with the Boston Red Sox. Betts can certainly afford Kelly’s house, after signing a 12-year, $365 million contract in July.
Kelly went 26-21 as Eagles head coach from 2013 to 2015. He’s currently the head coach at UCLA.
As for the mansion, here are just some of the juicy details from Variety:
Because the .57-acre lot is quite long and narrow, the mansion itself is likewise notably long and narrow, stretching way back to swallow 9 bedrooms and 10 baths within its nearly 9,300 square feet of living space. Though described in dated listing materials as a “Cape Cod,” the house visually cleaves more toward the ever-popular modern farmhouse style, with white oak hardwood floors, whitewashed walls, and plenty of natural light filtering in through oversized windows.
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