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Fans roast Netflix score bug, ceremony during Yankees-Giants Opening Day start

But other than that!
Mar 25, 2026; San Francisco, California, USA; New York Yankees right fielder Aaron Judge (99) walks on the field before the start of the game against the San Francisco Giants at Oracle Park. Mandatory Credit: Cary Edmondson-Imagn Images
Mar 25, 2026; San Francisco, California, USA; New York Yankees right fielder Aaron Judge (99) walks on the field before the start of the game against the San Francisco Giants at Oracle Park. Mandatory Credit: Cary Edmondson-Imagn Images | Cary Edmondson-Imagn Images

Other than random vehicles polluting the field, Bert Kreischer screaming, a score bug nobody could see, Barry Bonds taking the mic to defend his ornery career behavior, and Aaron Judge striking out on a Logan Webb pitch that nearly hit him, Yankees vs. Giants on Netflix for Opening Night started off pretty hot!

Yankee fans aren't picky. We just ask that everything go perfectly all the time and nothing ever go bad. Is that so hard?

Giants fans, though they come from a chiller home, are also pretty demanding, with high standards befitting of one of the game's historic franchises (and one that has to watch the Dodgers from inside their division). Tack on every Red Sox, Blue Jays and Mets fan on earth watching in hopes of checking out the Yankees' demise, and you've got a high concentration of perfectionists who are looking forward to hating what they see.

The online roast started early, when fans found issue with the pomp and circumstance, from parked trolley cars and taxi cabs on field to an overpowering drone show that left the first inning smoky. Straight out of the Bonds Defiance Pre-Show, Giants fans quibbled with the inaccurate New York vs. San Francisco dichotomy that took over the sidelines.

Yankees, Giants fans unite to roast Netflix's tiny scorebug during first inning "action"

Before the dust had settled — literally — fans had a new complaint: could anybody, uh, read this score bug?

The score? That much was evident. Gigantic, in fact. But if you had any interest in keeping track of who was pitching, who was hitting, and how many pitches had been thrown ... ooh, brother, I hope you like 2.5-point font.

The Yankees lineup began Grisham/Judge/Bellinger, but if you didn't know that, there was no way to learn that.

And how'd the game begin on the field? Thanks for asking. Everyone who wanted Grisham out of the leadoff spot was immediately justified (he struck out limply). Judge took strike one way out of the zone, didn't challenge, then whiffed on a 3-2 pitch that started in and ended at his hands. Bellinger floated a simple pop-out to left. 17 pitches, no action.

Within mere minutes, Yankee fans across the country found themselves feeling like Aaron Boone encountering Kreischer's loud squeaking in real-time.

What was ... that? What was any of that?

But then came the second inning when the Yankees erupted for five runs after teeing off on Logan Webb.

Unfortunately, though the opening ceremonies are gone, the score bug remains. Probably a good idea for the Yankees to put up a crooked number, given that it's the only thing we can actually see.

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