Good thing baseball is starting soon...

...because ABC writers seem to be playing in Left Field.

After the British Medical Journal published an article about motivational deficiency disorder, ABC got in on the Act with a followup.

The condition affects up to one in five Australians and is characterised by overwhelming and debilitating apathy, reports Sydney-based journalist and author Ray Moynihan...Professor Leth Argos, a neuroscientist at the University of Newcastle, reportedly identified the new disorder.

Of course, as Forbes pointed out, it's a tradition for the BMJ to put out an April Fool's Day edition. Not surprisingly, the ABC article noted that "ABC Science Online was unable to reach Professor Leth Argos or find him listed on the University of Newcastle website." Yeah, go figure. Of course, it is anyone's guess if the ABC article lasts out the day-- a similar bit of earnestness was pulled from CTV's website after it had been up a few days.