Sammy Sosa walks out of media session after he's asked about steroids: 'Not a question I expected'

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Sammy Sosa is in Chicago for the first time since his major league career ended in 2007, and the trip isn't off to a great start.

Sosa is in the Windy City for an autograph session at the Rosemont Convention Center this weekend and met with the media Friday.

The 55-year-old should be a Chicago Cubs legend, but his ties to performance-enhancing drugs left him a villain with the organization.

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The Chicago Cubs' Sammy Sosa strikes out against the Cincinnati Reds at Wrigley Field in Chicago. (John Zich/AFP via Getty Images)

Sosa was asked, though, if a door could be open to make amends.

"I’m a mature man. I think it’s a possibility that we could do that. I’m open. I don’t have any problem with that," he told Fox 32 in Chicago. "Like I said, I had a lot of misunderstandings in the past. I’m a real man, I feel great. So I recognize my mistake. So, hey, why not?"

When Fox 32 reporter Lou Canellis asked if that "mistake" was performance-enhancing drugs, an obvious follow-up, Sosa was somehow stunned.

"This is, um, um, not a question that I expected from you," he replied. "This is not an interview that I’m really going to sit down and do with you with that piece right now. But, like I said, I feel great. Let’s see what happens." 

Sosa then walked away.

Sammy Sosa of the Chicago Cubs during the Cubs' 3-1 victory over the Atlanta Braves in Game 3 of the NLDS at Wrigley Field in Chicago. (Dilip Vishwanat/Sporting News via Getty Images via Getty Images)

Sosa is largely credited with bringing baseball back to life with his own personal home run derby with Mark McGwire in 1998 as they both chased,