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No sleep 'til Williamsport: For Todd Frazier, the Little League World Series is a family tradition

NEW YORK -- It was 8 a.m. and Todd Frazier needed a little more sleep. The New York Yankees third baseman had played the night before with his new team, so he craved some extra shut-eye. But his 3-year-old son, Blake, had other ideas.

“Dad?” Blake called.

"Go back to bed," his father whispered. "Daddy needs to sleep a little more.”

But Blake insisted: “I need to hit homers!”

Frazier smiled as he shared the story. “How do you say no to that?” he said. “I get up and throw about 20 and he says, ‘All right, I can go back to bed now.