With season's final month looming, Cubs will apply lessons learned from 2015 playoff run

Last season, the Cubs put the pedal to the metal in advance of a four-game series with the San Francisco Giants at Wrigley Field in August and never looked back until they ran into the brick wall that was the New York Mets in the NLCS. This season, with another four-game set with the Giants at the "Friendly Confines" on tap this week, the Cubs are in a completely different position. There is no need for Joe Maddon to step on the gas and floor it into the postseason.