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David Haugh: Jersey guy Todd Frazier eager to shore up White Sox

One of the first orders of business for new White Sox third baseman Todd Frazier will be getting manager Robin Ventura to sign off on a special request.

Literally.

A buddy in the baseball memorabilia business a couple of years ago gave Frazier a photo of the famous 1993 brawl between Hall of Fame pitcher Nolan Ryan and Ventura, then the Sox third baseman. Ryan, who notoriously gave Ventura a noogie, already autographed the picture: “Don’t mess with Tex.” Ventura’s signature is all that’s missing.

“It’s in my garage at home but I’ll have to bring it in so he can do that for me,” a smiling Frazier said Thursday at U.