The sports world reacts to the death of the MLB hit king

Pete Rose, the Cincinnati native who became baseball’s all-time hits leader and one of the most controversial figures in the history of the sport, died Monday. His agent Ryan Fiterman confirmed the news. Rose was 83.

After reaching the pinnacle of the sport he loved, Rose was banned from baseball in 1989 for gambling while serving as manager of his hometown Reds.

This came just four years after Rose broke Ty Cobb’s hit record, a mark that still stands.