DAAYYAAM. Byron Buxton Is Fast.

He's dirty.... once he's on base. Let's hope he keeps it up cause this is a different lineup with that speed on base. Almost guaranteed a run.

Well what the Twins did to the Orioles was similar to what the Angels did to the Twins the other night, Santana lost that game because of that mental lapse from his teammates and little run support from his teammates

I'm not sure a guy on a 250cc two-stroke dirt bike could have beaten Buxton from first to home. The way he flails his arms, it's almost like somebody is dragging him forward, and he's just trying to stay on his feet. 

First game of the series, it was Buxton on first who beat the throw to second on a grounder to 1B.  Now this.

And, Kintzler, All-Star or whatever, I am sure glad we had the extra runs last night.

First time I have seen Buck that excited after his single to get Polanco home. 

He is arriving before our eyes.  Age 24.

When the director cut to Buxton 3/4 of the way to 3rd base, he looked to me like he wasn't going to stop.  He was just gonna say 'f it, let's see if they can put two good throws together' and then we cut back to Jones's throw and...it's going to 2nd base???  Easy score now!!  Despite his horrid at-bat with the bases loaded in the 4th, his bat is coming around.  There seems to be a few people who want to slam on him for what he's been doing at the plate but Bux's speed has been what keeps everyone encouraged that the bat will come around.  That speed provides outstanding outfield defense and as we saw in this clip, he can be a real danger on the basepaths.

Don't look now, but Buxton has a 4 game hitting streak going.  3 of the 4 are multi-hit games.

As he gets on base more teams will figure this out and throw home to stop the run scoring and hold him at 3rd...and let the lag runner skip merrily into second. Pick your poison, rest of the world!

The way he's been getting on base this last week, combined with his elite defense, is very exciting.

I think Smalley hit it on the head the other night when he said that Buxton figuring things out offensively could elevate this team to another level. Very dangerous lineup.

i've watched the video several times.  Each time I just go "YEAH BABY!"

Thanks for the post Parker!

I watched it several times last night, and one of the most amazing things about it was how after he leaped to touch third, he somehow kept his feet and didn't slow down. Like Randy Moss speed with Barry Sanders balance.

"See, I'm not the best, but I'm in the top two." Slug, regarding Byron Buxton.

Love the view of Britton going to back up third and turning after realizing Buxton is already there.

My gosh, I tried to count, and it looked like he took 10 strides from 3rd to home.  

TEN.

Yes, he is fast and that is a fact. His OPS is still under .600 (also a fact)

Let's hope he continues to hit.  Let's hope he is figuring it out with the bat, otherwise his speed is only a novelty.

Hate to take this slant on it, but  we have seen a number of "Byron Buxton is fast" articles.  I want to see a "Byron Buxton can HIT" article someday.

Perhaps someday you'll even be able to write it.

I would love nothing more than to do that.

Thank you for not insulting me