{"id":178660,"date":"2026-04-21T01:17:01","date_gmt":"2026-04-21T01:17:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=178660"},"modified":"2026-04-21T01:17:01","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T01:17:01","slug":"%f0%9f%9a%a8-before-the-first-pitch-cam-schlittler-receives-death-threats-ahead-of-fenway-start-a-night-that-suddenly-feels-different-%f0%9f%91%87-from-game-day-to-real-fear-what-should-be","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=178660","title":{"rendered":"\ud83d\udea8 BEFORE THE FIRST PITCH: Cam Schlittler Receives Death Threats Ahead of Fenway Start \u2014 A Night That Suddenly Feels Different \ud83d\udc47 From Game Day to Real Fear: What Should Be Routine Turned Personal \u2014 And It\u2019s Casting a Shadow Over Everything."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy-img\" src=\"http:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/ybmedia\/image\/upload\/c_crop,e_improve,h_563,w_1001,x_12,y_0\/c_fill,f_auto,h_900,q_auto,w_1600\/v1\/m\/a\/f\/afe5084715aaa3cf04cccd783cbad03ab8dff08a\/cam-schlittler-1024x563.jpg\" alt=\"Cam Schlittler Receives Death Threats Ahead of Fenway Start\" width=\"360\" height=\"240\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Cam Schlittler announced himself as one of the best young starting pitchers in the MLB with an excellent rookie campaign with the New York Yankees last year. Moreover, the 25-year-old from Massachusetts became a fan favorite after his outstanding playoff outing against the Boston Red Sox. Therefore, Schlitter is now in the thick of the Yankees-Red Sox rivalry.<\/p>\n<p>On Friday, Cam Schlittler will be the starting pitcher for the New York Yankees in the final clash of their three-game series against the Boston Red Sox. The Yankees\u2019 right-hander told Joel Sherman of The New York Post that he and his family are receiving disturbing messages on social media. These even include death threats, although Schlitter deems them to be serious.<\/p>\n<div id=\"ac_117665458\" class=\"article_chunk type_50\">\n<div class=\"froala-view custom-theme first_text_block\">\n<p><strong><em>\u201cMost normal fans could care less, right?,\u201d<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0he told Sherman.\u00a0<strong><em>\u201cIt\u2019s just those diehards that just have nothing else in their lives other than baseball or sports that really care about this, and the fact that I play for the Yankees makes it worse for them.\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"ac_117665459\" class=\"article_chunk type_51\"><center><\/center><\/div>\n<div id=\"ac_117665460\" class=\"article_chunk type_50\">\n<div class=\"froala-view custom-theme\">\n<p>Cam Schlittler grew up in Walpole, Massachusetts, and was a Red Sox fan before being drafted by the Yankees in 2022. He seems to have a clear understanding of the security concerns, as his father is the chief of police in Needham, Norfolk County.<\/p>\n<div class=\"aditude_inline_container aditude_ic_2\">\n<div id=\"aditude_article_inline_2\" class=\"aditude_div\" data-google-query-id=\"CJOi-7WK_JMDFWXrTAId-zEDvA\">\n<div id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/63317524\/yardbarker\/articles\/article_dynamic_2_0__container__\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2>Cam Schlitter Not Nervous About First Outing At Fenway Park<\/h2>\n<p>Despite receiving threats to his security online, Cam Schlitter is not afraid to go to Fenway Park to see the New York Yankees, as most of the home fans he encountered were friendly. Nevertheless, he expects a hostile response from the Boston Red Sox during the game.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"ac_117665461\" class=\"article_chunk type_15\">\n<div><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy-img\" src=\"http:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/ybmedia\/image\/upload\/c_crop,e_improve,h_563,w_1024,x_0,y_0\/c_scale,f_auto,q_auto,w_700\/v1\/m\/0\/8\/080d3a9fc14d42412744e5aa44b0dd8110088458\/cam-schlittler-1024x563.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"360\" height=\"240\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<div>Cam Schlittler (Image Credits: Imagn)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"ac_117665462\" class=\"article_chunk type_50\">\n<div class=\"froala-view custom-theme\">\n<p><strong><em>\u201cIt\u2019s gonna be bad. It\u2019s gonna be bad. I\u2019m not nervous about it. But it\u2019s gonna be loud,\u201d\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>Schlittler said.\u00a0<strong><em>\u201cThey\u2019re gonna probably have dudes that are my age or a little bit younger, sitting right outside the bullpen, yelling, whatever, probably throwing stuff at me, trying to grab me. That\u2019s kind of what I expect. So I know the guys are excited for it, and I\u2019m excited for it.\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Cam Schlittler pitched\u00a0eight scoreless innings at Yankee Stadium in Game 3 of the Wild Card Series against the Red Sox last year. He has a 2-1 record for the season with a 1.95 ERA from 27.2 innings and 30 strikeouts.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cam Schlittler announced himself as one of the best young starting pitchers in the MLB with an excellent rookie campaign with the New York Yankees last year&#8230;. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":178663,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-178660","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mlb"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>\ud83d\udea8 BEFORE THE FIRST PITCH: Cam Schlittler Receives Death Threats Ahead of Fenway Start \u2014 A Night That Suddenly Feels Different \ud83d\udc47 From Game Day to Real Fear: What Should Be Routine Turned Personal \u2014 And It\u2019s Casting a Shadow Over Everything. - NEWS USA<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=178660\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"\ud83d\udea8 BEFORE THE FIRST PITCH: Cam Schlittler Receives Death Threats Ahead of Fenway Start \u2014 A Night That Suddenly Feels Different \ud83d\udc47 From Game Day to Real Fear: What Should Be Routine Turned Personal \u2014 And It\u2019s Casting a Shadow Over Everything. - NEWS USA\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Cam Schlittler announced himself as one of the best young starting pitchers in the MLB with an excellent rookie campaign with the New York Yankees last year....\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=178660\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"NEWS USA\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-04-21T01:17:01+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/672681391_122125369509096267_3733835184140388380_n.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"960\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"MrThanh\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"MrThanh\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=178660\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=178660\",\"name\":\"\ud83d\udea8 BEFORE THE FIRST PITCH: Cam Schlittler Receives Death Threats Ahead of Fenway Start \u2014 A Night That Suddenly Feels Different \ud83d\udc47 From Game Day to Real Fear: What Should Be Routine Turned Personal \u2014 And It\u2019s Casting a Shadow Over Everything. - NEWS USA\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=178660#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=178660#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/672681391_122125369509096267_3733835184140388380_n.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-04-21T01:17:01+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-04-21T01:17:01+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/#\/schema\/person\/850fd1b8bcb1d322b7f0a04b3d2f18ec\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=178660#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=178660\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=178660#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/672681391_122125369509096267_3733835184140388380_n.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/672681391_122125369509096267_3733835184140388380_n.jpg\",\"width\":960,\"height\":1200},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=178660#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"\ud83d\udea8 BEFORE THE FIRST PITCH: Cam Schlittler Receives Death Threats Ahead of Fenway Start \u2014 A Night That Suddenly Feels Different \ud83d\udc47 From Game Day to Real Fear: What Should Be Routine Turned Personal \u2014 And It\u2019s Casting a Shadow Over Everything.\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/\",\"name\":\"NEWS USA\",\"description\":\"Your Daily Dose of Sports News and Updates\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/#\/schema\/person\/850fd1b8bcb1d322b7f0a04b3d2f18ec\",\"name\":\"MrThanh\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/8c8f2d90ff2a21a61a5e6bc0619622a5021fc65353885d9d7b3db1c8c7c1ca8d?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/8c8f2d90ff2a21a61a5e6bc0619622a5021fc65353885d9d7b3db1c8c7c1ca8d?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"MrThanh\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?author=6\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"\ud83d\udea8 BEFORE THE FIRST PITCH: Cam Schlittler Receives Death Threats Ahead of Fenway Start \u2014 A Night That Suddenly Feels Different \ud83d\udc47 From Game Day to Real Fear: What Should Be Routine Turned Personal \u2014 And It\u2019s Casting a Shadow Over Everything. - NEWS USA","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=178660","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"\ud83d\udea8 BEFORE THE FIRST PITCH: Cam Schlittler Receives Death Threats Ahead of Fenway Start \u2014 A Night That Suddenly Feels Different \ud83d\udc47 From Game Day to Real Fear: What Should Be Routine Turned Personal \u2014 And It\u2019s Casting a Shadow Over Everything. - NEWS USA","og_description":"Cam Schlittler announced himself as one of the best young starting pitchers in the MLB with an excellent rookie campaign with the New York Yankees last year....","og_url":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=178660","og_site_name":"NEWS USA","article_published_time":"2026-04-21T01:17:01+00:00","og_image":[{"width":960,"height":1200,"url":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/672681391_122125369509096267_3733835184140388380_n.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"MrThanh","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"MrThanh","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=178660","url":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=178660","name":"\ud83d\udea8 BEFORE THE FIRST PITCH: Cam Schlittler Receives Death Threats Ahead of Fenway Start \u2014 A Night That Suddenly Feels Different \ud83d\udc47 From Game Day to Real Fear: What Should Be Routine Turned Personal \u2014 And It\u2019s Casting a Shadow Over Everything. - NEWS USA","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=178660#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=178660#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/672681391_122125369509096267_3733835184140388380_n.jpg","datePublished":"2026-04-21T01:17:01+00:00","dateModified":"2026-04-21T01:17:01+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/#\/schema\/person\/850fd1b8bcb1d322b7f0a04b3d2f18ec"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=178660#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=178660"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=178660#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/672681391_122125369509096267_3733835184140388380_n.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/672681391_122125369509096267_3733835184140388380_n.jpg","width":960,"height":1200},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=178660#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"\ud83d\udea8 BEFORE THE FIRST PITCH: Cam Schlittler Receives Death Threats Ahead of Fenway Start \u2014 A Night That Suddenly Feels Different \ud83d\udc47 From Game Day to Real Fear: What Should Be Routine Turned Personal \u2014 And It\u2019s Casting a Shadow Over Everything."}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/","name":"NEWS USA","description":"Your Daily Dose of Sports News and Updates","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/#\/schema\/person\/850fd1b8bcb1d322b7f0a04b3d2f18ec","name":"MrThanh","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/8c8f2d90ff2a21a61a5e6bc0619622a5021fc65353885d9d7b3db1c8c7c1ca8d?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/8c8f2d90ff2a21a61a5e6bc0619622a5021fc65353885d9d7b3db1c8c7c1ca8d?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"MrThanh"},"url":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?author=6"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/178660","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=178660"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/178660\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":178664,"href":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/178660\/revisions\/178664"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/178663"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=178660"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=178660"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=178660"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}