{"blocks":[{"type":"paragraph","data":{"text":"Dodgers reliever Tanner Scott entered the game against the Phillies in the eighth inning Saturday with a 3-1 lead. As he stood on the mound at Dodger Stadium, that lead slipped until Edmundo Sosa belted a two-run homer to give his team the lead."}},{"type":"paragraph","data":{"text":"The Phillies walked away with a 4-3 win over the Dodgers, and Scott recorded the loss. But the nightmare was just starting for the Scott family."}},{"type":"image","data":{"file":{"url":"https://nypost.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/05/GettyImages-2275101795.jpg?w=683"},"caption":"\n Dodgers reliever Tanner Scott’s wife, Maddie, revealed some death threats that were made after LA lost to the Phillies on Saturday night. Getty Images for Netflix"}},{"type":"paragraph","data":{"text":"Tanner’s wife, Maddie Scott, took to Instagram to expose the ghouls who are flooding her inbox and comment section with death threats toward their family, including the couple’s newborn."}},{"type":"paragraph","data":{"text":"“When did it stop being a game?” Maddie wrote on her Instagram Story in response to a message from a user who said “gun shot your family tonight.”"}},{"type":"paragraph","data":{"text":"“I don’t speak out often. Ever actually,” she said. “I promise you, you don’t know what it’s like unless you’re living it.”"}},{"id":"xsuy04uf-h9b0p08x","type":"linkTool","data":{"link":"https://nypost.com/2026/07/04/sports/patrick-ewing-joins-wizards-staff-as-an-assistant-coach/","meta":{"title":"Knicks legend Patrick Ewing has a new NBA job","description":"","image":{"url":"https://nypost.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/07/crop-39891251.jpg?quality=75&strip=all&w=171&h=114&crop=1"}},"variant":"compact"}},{"id":"l2yxfkob-bwizc55o","type":"linkTool","data":{"link":"https://nypost.com/2026/07/04/sports/mets-all-star-ron-hunt-in-hospice-care-with-multiple-illnesses/","meta":{"title":"First-ever Mets All-Star starter in hospice care while battling multiple illnesses","description":"","image":{"url":"https://nypost.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/07/newspress-collage-kd9681gcd-1783191816157.jpg?quality=75&strip=all&1783177443&w=171&h=114&crop=1"}},"variant":"compact"}},{"id":"gatrpyn4-r64lxr46","type":"linkTool","data":{"link":"https://nypost.com/2026/07/04/sports/all-the-nfl-wags-spotted-at-taylor-swift-and-travis-kelces-wedding/","meta":{"title":"All the NFL WAGs spotted at Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce’s wedding","description":"","image":{"url":"https://nypost.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/07/newspress-collage-f6zjdpyme-1783173701810.jpg?quality=75&strip=all&1783159359&w=171&h=114&crop=1"}},"variant":"compact"}},{"type":"paragraph","data":{"text":"Maddie posted another Instagram Story captioned, “The unfortunate reality Incase you were curious,” with a screenshot of six comments posted in a three-minute span from the same user, hawk.3112090."}},{"type":"paragraph","data":{"text":"The user’s hateful comments were directed toward Tanner and his newborn child."}},{"type":"paragraph","data":{"text":"“Hope this mutt d i e s soon,” one of the user’s comments read on a photo of the Scotts’ child. Another said “I hope you get home to your family lying in puddles of their own blood.”"}},{"type":"paragraph","data":{"text":"

"}},{"type":"paragraph","data":{"text":"“Hope it’s a still b i r t h,” the user wrote under one of the couple’s photos."}},{"type":"paragraph","data":{"text":""}},{"type":"paragraph","data":{"text":"The faceless accounts behind the horrid messages and comments have become more common in the rise of internet trolling — deepening safety concerns for professional athletes and their families."}},{"type":"paragraph","data":{"text":"Maddie gave fans a glimpse of what it is like to be the wife of a high-profile athlete, but the battles behind closed doors of a new mother dealing with threats toward their child are impossible to measure on a social media post."}},{"type":"delimiter","data":{}},{"type":"header","data":{"text":"Download The California Post App, follow us on social, and subscribe to our newsletters ","level":2}},{"type":"paragraph","data":{"text":"

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Christian Orozco

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Tanner Scott’s wife posts death threats she received about newborn after Dodgers’ loss