Buxton was born and raised in Baxley, Ga., which is located in the southeastern portion of the state. Baxley is about 3.5 hours south of Atlanta, located more in rural Georgia, and is actually closer to Florida, sitting just over two hours away from Jacksonville.

In anticipation of his All-Star festivities this week, Byron Buxton made history on Saturday as he hit for the cycle during the Twins' latest victory.

Judge earned 898 votes from players. Buxton was second with 700. That means Minnesota Twins fans who felt Buxton was snubbed by not being voted an All-Star starter were on the sam

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Buxton, who will participate in next week’s Home Run Derby in Atlanta, crushed a 427-foot solo homer off Pirates reliever Andrew Heaney with two outs in the seventh to complete the cycle.