The text argues that trading Babe Ruth to the Yankees led to the Red Sox's losing streak. However, that's not necessarily true. For instance, the team might have just had some bad luck. This illustrates a type of logical fallacy known as false causation.
Which logical fallacy is used in the text?
The Boston Red Sox failed to win the World Series for eighty-six years after they traded Babe Ruth to the New York Yankees. Fans believed this to be the "Curse of the Bambino," or punishment for selling "The Bambino" to another team.
A: slippery slope fallacy: the false assumption that a small first step will lead to extreme consequences
B: false dichotomy: an argument that presents only two choices when more options exist
C: false causation: the assumption that because two things happened together, one caused the other