OK, so. It’s June. The Yankees are 1 game behind the Red Sox. And ESPN is asking whether you think the Yankees must beat the Red Sox tonight.

How can this possibly be a “must win”? Are the Yankees going to be eliminated from playoff contention? All of a sudden, they’re going to lose confidence and become a .500 team? It’s not like there are more than 90 games left in the season.

The most frightening part is that 44% say it’s a “must win”. I really hope they’re joking.

Hope you enjoyed June 11th’s Tour of Stupid.

Here’s a shot of an ad for one of those random “IQ Tests”. This question is reasonably compelling, so I took a few minutes to figure it out.

Clicking on the ad, I landed on a page where you could take this test, for I was hoping the rest of the exam would be fairly interesting. At the bottom was a list of four answers to choose from, although there was the minor issue of the correct answer not being listed. (Click to see the choices.)

Last time we talked about baseball, the Marlins were 11-1, looking really good. And then over the next 32 games, they went 8-24, while the Mets cleaned up their game. We have a better sense of how good the teams are.

So it looks like The Mets are be..bet…b..b.

Let me try that again.

The Mets are bet-t-t. The Mets are bet..ter than the Marlins.

Fortunately, I can take comfort in the fact I’m not a Washington Natinals fan: