[reasonisfaith]

Funny how it coincided with the collapse of the Soviet Union.

[Verginius Rufus]

The fall of the Berlin Wall was on Nov. 9, 1989, so just a few days after the World Series.

Post hoc ergo propter hoc?

I recall the news coverage of the earthquake. Some of the people on the major networks did not know that Oakland was on the other side of the bay from San Francisco.

There was one dramatic case of a man who was trapped in his car under a collapsed bit of freeway in the East Bay. For several days it wasn't known if the rescuers would be able to get him out. Finally they did and there was a big sigh of relief. But there was much less attention to the news that the man died a few weeks later from his injuries.

[A strike]

Funny how?

(of course ref Goodfellas) but seriously