Pete Rose dismissed questions about his first appearance on the field in Philadelphia since the Phillies scrapped plans in 2017 to honor him because of a woman's allegation that Rose had sex with her when she was a minor.
"It was 55 years ago, babe," Rose told a female baseball writer for The Philadelphia Inquirer on Sunday.
Rose, 81, declined to answer any other questions after a team photo in the outfield meant to celebrate the Phillies' 1980 World Series championship team and other former players.
The reporter tweeted later that, after the ceremony, Rose asked her if he had offended her and offered to "sign 1,000 baseballs" for forgiveness before ultimately saying he was "sorry."
Rose also blew off another question from The Associated Press after the ceremony about the allegation and his comment earlier in the day.
"Who cares what happened 50 years ago?" Rose said. "You weren't even born. So you shouldn't be talking about it, because you weren't born. If you don't know a damn thing about it, don't talk about it."