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How Philadelphia’s Phillies Prepare for the World Series

Professional baseball players are infamous for their superstitions, and at no time is this made more apparent than during the World Series. Today’s Philadelphia Inquirer takes a look at some of the more bizarre culinary rituals of top Phillies players.

For example, Ryan Howard eats a tuna fish sandwich with honey on game day. And Chase Utley and So Taguchi both prefer to prepare for World Series games—as well as every other game during the season—with old-fashioned peanut butter and jelly sandwiches.

The Philadelphia Inquirer interviewed Joe Swanhart, the Phillies’ team cook, who revealed that the team kitchen contains just about every low-fat food possible. Swanny even got Shane Victorino off of Spam musubi—a local Hawaiian favorite that is basically Spam sushi—well in time for the World Series. Victorino drinks a strawberry smoothie with soy milk in its place.

While time will tell if the Phillies’ eating habits will lead to a first-place finish in the World Series, one thing’s for sure: They’re not taking any risks otherwise.