Quick study: don't want to cram for baseball's September exams? Then check out our crib notes.(Baseball)

After five months of baseball--about seven if you count spring training--it's understandable if you're getting a little bleary-eyed. A cheat sheet sure would help--something that will tell you what you need to know about baseball's final month of the regular season ... and fast.

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Can the Cubs and Red Sox save their seasons?

After last October's tease and an offseason that featured upgrades for both of baseball's lovable but beleaguered franchises, it was hoped that this ... just ... might ... be ... the ... year. So far, though, no. The presence of potentially dominant pitchers--Curt Schilling and Pedro Martinez in Boston, ...