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Professional athletes are essentially mutants. They're good mutants, though, like X-Men. When you look behind the scenes, though, the mutants have help. They have trainers and coaches and all kinds of support staff that help them get even better. That's where Chris Miles comes in. He's a chef who caters to Major League Baseball teams playing in the Spring Training Cactus League down in Arizona. He's the guy who feeds the beasts who go into beast mode. Read on.

Salt River Fields is the first MLB stadium built on Native American land and the deal has been a boon to the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian community that resides on the land as well. Sight lines are great, the scoreboard is crisp and parking is plentiful. All that is necessary for a good baseball experience, but the best thing about the ballpark? It's what you shove in your facehole.

What do well-known food-world figures like Michael Solomonov, Linton Hopkins and Pat LaFrieda have in common with AL MVP Miguel Cabrera, Nationals' phenom Stephen Strasburg and knuckleballer and newest Blue Jays pitcher R.A. Dickey? They're big names to get excited about as this year’s MLB season gets underway on Sunday night. Here's what you'll be eating in the stands this season.