No Bon Jovi, but she's not singing the blues

Alison Scott has been incredibly magnanimous about losing the big musical break she was informed she'd won -- opening for Bon Jovi at St.Paul's X.

A local radio station told Scott she would open tonight, the final stand of the rocker's two-night stop here. "Big Break Contest -- KQRS 3/29/10," reads a blurb on Alisonscott.com. "There was a mistake made with tallying the votes. We did not win after all. :( Thanks for voting. We were close!"

Station GM Marc Kalman did not return my Tuesday call seeking an explanation of this mixup.

"We're obviously disappointed, but everybody messes up," Scott said. "They were so nice about it; I'm not going to hold it against them. They did everything they could to get us on the show but couldn't make it happen."

I'm told fans of facebook.com/alisonscottmusic were livid! While we were on the phone and I was trying to access the page, Scott downplayed the rumored anger until she got to the page. "Oh, I found them. Wow. They are pretty mad," she said softly before adding with a laugh "I didn't even see this. Holy cow."

Playpen pal connection A couple of days before the radio station goof-up, I heard Scott playing the piano and singing at the Orpheum, where she was the "while-the-people-were-climbing-into-their-seats music" at the United Way's "Best of Awards."

I told Scott that she was terrific as I told myself I should write about her. Just as in song-writing, gossip often needs a hook. Thanks, radio station!

Big bats, no corkage fee Some MLB heavy-hitters located a downtown Minneapolis hang-out last weekend that's much nicer than a dugout. Word has it that Harmon Killebrew, Mark McGwire and Tony LaRussa were at Subo, the Filipino restaurant with the name that translates "To feed."

Killebrew was there with a large group. McGwire and LaRussa reportedly dined their twice when the Cardinals played exhibition games with the Twins. La Russa, a big wine connoisseur, brought in a little something from Napa, a 1983 Far Niente. One source told me it was a $500 bottle, but a wine website puts it closer to $100.

LaRussa was not charged a corkage fee because he was being so affable with fans as he and McGwire sat at the bar drinking, sampling delicacies and adding some celebrity sparkle to the hot spot.

Update on Folstrom Irene Folstrom, the Bemidji, Minn., woman who says she dated Tiger Woods at Stanford, was back in court this week.

On April 1, I wrote on startribune.com that Folstrom pleaded guilty in March to a gross misdemeanor third-degree DWI. Sentencing was stayed and Folstrom was looking to spend no more time in jail beyond time spent after this arrest.