The Home Run Derby hardware was nice, but his latest honor means a little something more to the Reds' third baseman.
"It's humbling, to be honest with you. Those kind of awards, you're really excited to get," Frazier said. "It touches you."
Frazier never got to know Joe Nuxhall, the award's namesake, having joined the team four seasons after Nuxhall's death in November 2007. But, having visited the Miracle League Fields (also named for Nuxhall) in Fairfield, Ohio, Frazier understands well the legacy of the late Reds lefty and broadcaster. He called Nuxhall's son, Kim, who chairs the Joe Nuxhall Miracle League Fields board, "an upstanding gentleman" and noted the "tireless hours" the Nuxhall family put into their patriarch's legacy.