One Loss… Tanner Scott’s Family Targeted With Pure Evil 😱⚾
The game ended 4-3.
A heartbreaking loss for the Los Angeles Dodgers.
But what happened after the final out crossed every line imaginable.
Tanner Scott, the Dodgers’ high-paid closer, took the mound in the eighth inning with a 3-1 lead. Three earned runs later, the game was gone. A tough night at the office. Something every athlete experiences.
What no one should ever experience? What came next.
Death threats.
Against his wife.
Against their young son.
Against their unborn baby.
Maddie Scott, Tanner’s wife, could no longer stay silent. She took to social media and exposed the disgusting messages she received after the game. One so-called “fan” wrote: “Gun shot your family tonight.” Others went even lower — wishing death on their toddler son and the baby they are expecting this fall.
She posted the screenshots with a broken heart and a powerful message:
“When did it stop being a game?”
“I don’t speak out often. Ever actually. I promise you, you don’t know what it’s like unless you’re living it.”
The words hit like a punch to the gut.
A young family — already navigating the insane pressure of major league baseball — now forced to face pure hatred and violence simply because a game didn’t go their way. Tanner Scott signed a massive four-year, $72 million deal with the Dodgers in 2025. He’s paid to perform. But his family? They didn’t sign up for this.
You can feel the fear. The anger. The helplessness.
Maddie Scott is a mother protecting her children while her husband is out there competing at the highest level. The fact that she had to wake up to messages wishing death on her babies is sickening. This isn’t sports rivalry. This isn’t passion. This is deranged, toxic behavior that has no place in baseball — or anywhere.
The timing makes it even more painful.
The Scott family welcomed their first son in 2023. Their second child is due this fall. They should be enjoying this chapter of life — preparing the nursery, feeling the excitement of growing their family. Instead, they’re dealing with monsters hiding behind keyboards.
Tanner Scott is a professional. He knows the expectations that come with wearing a Dodgers uniform in Los Angeles. But no contract, no amount of money, should ever expose your wife and children to death threats. No blown save justifies this level of evil.
The baseball world is reacting strongly. Many players, coaches, and fellow wives have shown support. The Dodgers organization is surely aware. But the bigger question remains: when will this toxic side of fandom finally be addressed?
Fans are split online. Some are disgusted and calling for accounts to be banned. Others shamefully defend the hate as “part of the game.” But the majority understand the truth — this crossed every boundary.
This isn’t about one bad outing.
This is about a growing sickness in sports culture where athletes’ families are treated as fair game. Where a loss turns human beings into targets. Where children become collateral damage in adult anger.
Tanner Scott has been a solid addition to the Dodgers bullpen. He’s had strong moments and tough ones. That’s baseball. But no performance — good or bad — gives anyone the right to terrorize his family.
Maddie’s courage in speaking out matters. She’s showing the real cost behind the highlight reels. The human side of the game that too many forget. Behind every pitcher on the mound is a husband, a father, a man carrying pressure not just for himself, but for the people he loves.
The Dodgers lost a game on Saturday.
But the real loss is the innocence stolen from another athlete’s family.
How many more wives and children have to be threatened before something changes? How many more “Final Salutes” to sanity do we need?
Tanner and Maddie Scott are expecting a new baby this fall. They should be celebrating life. Instead, they’re forced to shield their family from darkness.
This is bigger than baseball.
This is about basic human decency.
And right now, that line has been completely destroyed.
We stand with the Scott family.
No family deserves this.
Not over a game.
Never over a game.