Why not? It sure as hell wasn't ideal, but the Cubs were in the race for most of the season. I enjoyed it from the perspective that for most of the season I was following them with the idea that with just a bit of a push they might be able to sneak in. Obviously, that fall apart at the end, but I was truly invested in the team for that summer. I think I just enjoy baseball differently than you do. And why don't you just ask J.R. what he meant? You created this whole tangent off of a single post that doesn't express anything like what you keep acting like he did. You're basing this whole thing simply on the word "great" being typed. There were quite a few things to enjoy about 2009 and had it not occurred after 2008 I don't think it would be viewed upon as that disappointing. There were some fun walk off moments, the 7 run deficit that we came back from vs Cleveland and they were in the race fairly late in the season.