Theo Epstein plants roots in the Windy City

Looks like the Chicago Cubs new president of baseball operations has officially made Chicago his home city. Epstein has reportedly purchased an 8,000 sq. foot, 5 bed/6 bath home in the city for $3.25 million. We hear one of our favorite Blackhawks, Patrick Sharp, had his eye on the mansion a while back but decided not to seal the deal and went elsewhere.

The only red flag here is that Epstein paid $250,000 over asking price. The home was listed for $3 million. Let's hope his uncanny ability to overpay doesn't follow him into Wrigley the way it did in Boston. But who knows, maybe he just really, really liked his new mansion! I must admit, it is pretty awesome that if he runs out of sugar he can just jog on down to Ryan Dempster's place to borrow some. So, now that he's finally getting settled in I have just one request: Can you PLEASE help us get to the world series, Theo??