Philadelphia: 100 Straight Losers

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A lifetime of rooting for teams that always let you down has taught many Philly natives how to lose,
itself an important life lesson. Fans have been conditioned for
failure. They expect defeat. Compound this trend with the city's
historical inferiority complex and you've got something worse than
fatalism: It's the perverse sense deep down that we don't even deserve
it.

Personally, it could be 500 straight seasons of losing and it wouldn't make a difference to me. The fact that bothers me most, rather than the sheer length of the current drought, is that I have no recollection of what a championship feels like.

That said, contrary to popular belief, I'm not angry. I'm at peace
with all of this losing crap. Am I getting tired of it? Absolutely. But
I'm not going to go jumping off any bridges anytime soon. I'm more
concerned with this season and less concerned with the last 100 seasons.

Sports Illustrated decided to document 100 of the most pathetic feats over the past 100 seasons. It's pretty solid.

Rich Hoffman also offers his nice take.

Screw all this negativity crap. I'm taking my balls and going... golfing.

>>100 Seasons ... 100 Heartbreaks [Sports Illustrated]

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