Todd Frazier won the HR Derby in front of an electric crowd then went home to a dark house

Jordan Kellogg | Cincinnati Enquirer

Could it have been any more perfect?

Cincinnati Red Todd Frazier, a fan favorite, taking pitches from his brother Charlie at Great American Ball Park during the 2015 Home Run Derby. All three rounds won on the last swing. Cue Frank Sinatra's "My Way," Frazier's walk up music. The crowd explodes.

"It's a beautiful thing once you win and hear that music," Frazier said afterward.

Indeed.

Frazier's derby win was the highlight of that 2015 MLB All-Star Week, hosted in Cincinnati that year. With the 2018 Home Run Derby scheduled for tonight, we thought it would be fun to look back on Frazier's win, which still seems both surprising and inevitable.

How he did it

What it was like for him

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Sean Casey got in on the action

What are the odds? Another fan favorite, Sean Casey, caught one of the foul balls during the competition.

Sean Casey on his Home Run Derby catch Reds Hall of Famer Sean Casey talks about his remarkable catch of a deep home run ball during the Home Run Derby at GABP on Monday night.

How big was the win?

"It has to be the greatest non-regular season/postseason feat in Reds' history," Enquirer reporter John Fay wrote of the night.

Columnist Paul Daugherty said the win made Frazier a folk hero.

Back to reality, rather quickly

Frazier went home to a dark house. Literally. The power was out at the ToddFather's and he had to watch the replay on a dying cell phone.

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