Jay-Z, Questlove have a World Series wager
Roots drummer Questlove said that he and Jay-Z had a World Series bet that would involve "very public humiliation" from the loser. The Philly hip-hop hero, clad in a red Phillies hoodie, declined to get any more specific about his wagerwith the the Brooklyn-born superstar. They met up in Bill Giles Party Suite 78 where Alanis Morrissette, who sang the National Anthem last night, while N'SYNC's Lance Bass and actress Joanna Garcia, hung out in the suite next door. Garcia, who dates Yankees outfielder Nick Swisher and recently guest-starred on "Gossip Girl," arrived mid-game with her friend Bass. Jay-Z, whose "Empire State of Mind" seems to be inescapabale, watched the Yankees last ups from a TV near the press room where Phillies and MLB staff ushered him and his crew out of Citizens Bank Park with more of a production that Rudy Giuliani and his wife Judith, who left minutes later. Jay triumphantly raised his fist in the air after the loss when we asked if he still had faith in his Yankees...
Comedian Chris Rock didn't really want to talk last night when we encountered him as we awaited an elevator at Citizens Bank Park. "I'm a baseball fan. I'm a Mets fan actually," he said when we asked the lifelong New Yorker if he was supporting the Yankees. He seemed to think that we were suggesting that he shouldn't be at the game, which was not the case...
Flyers winger Scott Hartnell and wife Lisa made it to the ballpark by first pitch last night after the Flyers trounced the Tampa Bay Lightning 6-2...
Actress Jennifer Love Hewitt accompanied boyfriend Jamie Kennedy to Cheech's Beef & Ale (12th & Oregon) after Sunday night's game. The Upper Darby native Kennedy and friend Rob Tedesco, of Flippin' Pizza, in Phoenixville, dropped by to visit friend Maria Landi, Cheech's cook...
There's a gym at the Four Seasons, where the Yankees stayed during the three games here, but Alex Rodriguez worked out at the Sporting Club at the Bellevue (200 S. Broad) yesterday morning, as we had reported on Twitter. A-Rod played a little basketball and rode a stationary bike during his workout, which he followed up with breakfast upstairs at XIX...
Yankees outfielder Johnny Damon and his wife, Michelle, rented a karaoke room at Yakitori Boy (211 N. 11th) after dinner at Ruth's Chris (260 S. Broad) Friday night. Michelle told the hostess that she was looking for Anthony Checetto. The VIP manager, a Phillies fan, didn't recognize her, or her husband. Checetto arranged a private room with security for the couple. No word on what Damon was crooning, but he was playfully heckled by some Phillies fans in the house. During last year's World Series, Rays infielder Akinori Iwamura was at the karaoke bar a few times.