Severino & The Mets Need to Slay Their Demons

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Evan & Tiki debate if their is a dark cloud hanging over Luis Severino and the New York Mets as they head to Atlanta for a crucial 3 games series.

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00:00He doesn't have the historical damage in his mind about this Braves team.

00:05For him, the Braves are just the Braves.

00:07Yes, maybe they were good, but he doesn't feel the angst that all of you Mets fans feel

00:13from these Braves.

00:14He doesn't have that.

00:15It's a different angst, though.

00:16That's the thing.

00:17The Mets players who are part of the 2022 team, certainly they should remember what

00:22happened two years ago.

00:23We all do.

00:24They should remember the missed opportunity that was those three games that they played.

00:28And it's interesting.

00:29I was listening to Andrew Thomas, and trust me, it's related.

00:32Andrew Thomas was meeting the media yesterday, and he was asked, hey, do you think about

00:3740-0 to the Dallas Cowboys?

00:38Is that something that you're going to think about as extra motivation?

00:42And Andrew was kind of giving an answer of, well, everybody's different.

00:45Some guys do think about that.

00:46I'm sure as a player, you saw that.

00:48And it's like some guys think about it.

00:50Some guys don't.

00:51You just got to think about this one game.

00:53And I think the Mets should be asked the same damn question.

00:56If you were part of the 2022 team and you were part of that collapse that got swept

01:00by the Atlanta Braves, are you thinking about it?

01:02Do you go into this series saying we owe these sons of bitches?

01:05We got to beat this team.

01:06Obviously, there's a handful of guys that have nothing to do with it.

01:08You're right.

01:09Luis Severino wasn't here.

01:10Jose Iglesias wasn't here.

01:12But Luis Severino has his own demons, is my point.

01:14And just because we forgot about it because we haven't talked about it in two years doesn't

01:18mean they don't exist.

01:19Luis Severino was not a good postseason pitcher.

01:22Those are just the numbers.

01:23We all remember it.

01:23Yankee fans, even Mets fans who watch from afar.

01:26We remember it.

01:27And so for him, those demons may not be the Atlanta Braves.

01:31It may not be Matt Olsen.

01:32It may not be Travis Darnot.

01:34It may not be Truist Park.

01:36But it's those big moments where Yankee fans know he came up small.

01:41He's not worried about history.

01:42He's not worried about things of the past.

01:44And most of the guys that are hangovers from that 2022 season, I'm going to say they don't

01:49care.

01:49I don't think Pete cares.

01:50That's not in his mind.

01:52It's not his personality to care about what happened in the past.

01:54Francisco Lindoro, who knows if he even plays.

01:56But he's been so damn good this year.

01:59He's not worried.

01:59Oh, God, we got beat up in 2022.

02:02He's not thinking about that.

02:03Francisco Alvarez was a baby when he came up in that game.

02:06He was also 0 for 12 in those three games.

02:07It doesn't matter.

02:08He was put in a terrible spot.

02:09We all knew it, right?

02:10And it's what it is.

02:11So I don't think anybody's thinking about it except for the fans.

02:14The players aren't worried about the most immediate history with the Braves in a playoff

02:20ish type situation.

02:21You don't think players think of revenge?

02:23I don't think they're thinking of revenge.

02:25I think they're saying if we win two of these two games, it's a wrap.

02:29Yeah, period.

02:31It's wrapped.

02:32That's what that's what's more important.

02:33Forget history.

02:34What's more important is what's in front of us.

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