_ 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.
Out and about
_ 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 (@PhillyGossip). 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/restaurant a couple of times.
Phils fan injured at Pearl Jam
