Hello, my name is Mike…and I’m a Philadelphia sports fan.

I feel like there should be a support group for Philadelphia sports fans. Yesterday, the Philadelphia Eagles once again were defeated late in the playoffs, this time to the Arizona Cardinals in the Eagles fourth defeat in five conference title games since 2002. Why, Eagles, why must you tantalize me with possible success only to let me down in the end?

But of course, losing is no surprise in the world of a Philly sports fan. The Flyers, 76ers, Eagles, and the Phillies, who are in fact the losingest major sports team in the history of sports (they’ve lost over 10,000 games), have all at one time or another let me down.

What’s worse, in the football realm, is watching that other Pennsylvania team (whose name I won’t mention) win over and over again, just like their victory over the Baltimore Ravens yesterday. God!

These complaints are nothing new or novel, of course. Philly fans have suffered collectively for years. Just look at this awful article from Sports Illustrated, and you might be able to understand our pain. Don’t forget to click on the gallery and take a visual tour through “20 of the most spectacular failures in Philadelphia sports history.”

Yeah, I know the Phillies won the World Series this year (GO PHILS!!!), but it doesn’t make up for all those afternoons and evenings where I had to hang my head in shame after watching a Philadelphia team lose. Woe is me.