Todd Frazier

While this week's Home Run Derby performance catapulted Todd Frazier to the center of the sports world, the 29-year-old's baseball talents have been well-known around the Garden State for nearly two decades. Here five things to know about the New Jersey native as he makes his first All-Star Game start tonight in Cincinnati...

Baseball's Midsummer Classic may be held in Cincinnati, but two homegrown stars are keeping the Garden State at the center of the baseball universe.

"The Toddfather" has a new title. Todd Frazier -- Little League World Series star, Frank Sinatra aficionado -- is baseball's new King of Swing.

It's just another reason we are proud to call Cincinnati Reds all star and Toms River native Todd Frazier one of our own.

Todd Frazier threw the winning pitch in the 1998 Little League World Series catapulting Toms River, NJ into the international spotlight. Frazier now plays in the majors for the Cincinnati Reds, but Toms River is still his home and he is still "Jersey Strong."

Todd Frazier of the Cincinnati Reds was a hero for the Toms River East  team that won the 1998 Little League World Series and now he's a hero for saving a man from choking in Pittsburgh.

Todd Frazier homered twice, Brandon Phillips hit a tying single off Jon Rauch in the eighth and the Cincinnati Reds beat the New York Mets 6-3 Wednesday night.