Move Over Wheaties, Detroit Tigers Pitcher Has Taco Bell Before Every Game

The winner of both the 2011 Cy Young Award-winner and the American League MVP, Justin Verlander, shared his secret to baseball success with Conan O’Brien earlier this week. It wasn’t Wheaties, it wasn’t a hard boiled egg or specific carbo-loading, instead, it’s a very specific Taco Bell meal.

The Detroit Tigers pitcher claimed he gets the same order every time — three crunchy Taco Supremes sans tomato, a Cheesy Gordita Crunch and a Mexican pizza, sans tomato. Not sure how this fella deals with the mid game diarrhea, but it’s his thing, we’re not going to question it.

Here’s a look at his appearance on Conan:

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