NBC Sports Philadelphia appears to have a new scorebug for 2025 telecasts of the Phillies.
It debuted during Sunday's telecast of Grapefruit League play between the Phillies and Baltimore Orioles at Baycare Ballpark, the fruit home game of the spring slate:
By comparison, this is what the scorebug looked like for the last few seasons:
From here, the new scorebug isn't awful, but it's definitely a downgrade from the prior one. Something about the logos being in the old one made it look really good. The new one has all the necessary info and is relatively clean, but it does feel like something you would see in a 1990s movie where they didn't want to pay royalties to use the logos.
The most important development is that the new scorebug will rob the world of the "P00P" scoreboard at the start of Phillies-Pittsburgh Pirates games that fans (sickos) have looked forward to in recent years:
.@NBCSPhilly RIP to the POOP score bug with the new one today. pic.twitter.com/kBAo31toLr
Did all of the NBC regional sports networks get a graphic refresh simply because the company got tired of seeing their brand associated with "P00P"? There's a distinct possibility. Although the prior one was used for three years, and networks usually switch things up every few seasons.
No matter what you think of the new NBC one, it's not as bad as the transparent scorebug that FOX debuted during Super Bowl LIX:
Thoughts on the new Fox Sports scoreboard bug? pic.twitter.com/oanwGufGqe
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