Pat Burrell sets obscure record

Due to nationwide anxiety over such things as the referee-challenged U.S. tie with Slovenia in the World Cup, or a European golfer winning the U.S. Open, High&Inside somehow missed the major event of the last week.

While we were distracted, our old friend Pat Burrell became the leading home run hitter from the state of Arkansas. Luckily, sharp-eyed reader Bob Bogart read that the former Phillie had swatted a pair of homers in his first week with San Francisco and immediately did the math.

Burrell, who hit another on Sunday night, now has 270 career home runs. The native of Eureka Springs, Ark., passed Hall of Famer Brooks Robinson (Little Rock), who ended his career with 268.

The Angels' Torii Hunter, a Pine Bluff native who already has 12 this season, ranks third with 247 and may give Burrell's record a run before his career is over.



(philly.com)