 Rose had to be forcibly restrained by his own coaches as he came back at Pallone.He claimed Pallone had initiated the physical contact, and can be seen in the footage of the incident pointing to his cheek, attempting to explain to umpire Eric Gregg that Pallone had poked him in the face.In his book, Pallone wrote an entire chapter on the incident and said that he did he not touch Rose and that National League personnel who investigated the incident later agreed with him.