In a shocking display of raw power and disregard for the sanctity of stitched leather, Byron Buxton was officially charged with the murder of a baseball Wednesday evening after sending a slider into orbit.

Byron Buxton hit the second-longest home run in the majors this season, a 479-foot, three-run shot for the Minnesota Twins on Wednesday night in a 6-2 victory over the Texas Rangers.

Minnesota Twins center fielder Byron Buxton launched a 479-foot homer at Target Field on Wednesday night against the Texas Rangers. It's one of the longest home runs of the 2025 MLB season, and it's one that left the Twins television broadcast in stitches over just how dominant it really was.

Buxton's blast eclipsed a headline-grabbing, 469-foot bomb from New York Yankees slugger Aaron Judge on Tuesday. And it turned a 2-0 Twins deficit into a 3-2 Twins lead that they wouldn't relinquish.

Rocco Baldelli had no shortage of words when he described just how incredible Byron Buxton's night was in the Twins' win over the Rangers.

Introduction: Host Michael Rand starts with Byron Buxton’s amazing third inning. La Velle E. Neal III joins Rand for their weekly debate segment.

Byron Buxton shone in the Minnesota Twins' victory over the Texas Rangers, proving why he's a key piece in the battle for the AL Central top spot.

Then Buxton came up to bat with two runners on base in the bottom half of the third and somehow managed to do something even more spectacular. He took a 2-2 slider from Jack Leite