For the third time in the past four series, the Atlanta Braves held their own against top competition.
The sweep at the hands of the Cubs earlier in the week happened, but by splitting its four-game road series with the Los Angeles Dodgers Brian Snitker's club has now either beaten or kept pace with baseball's best team (Dodgers) and the National League East leaders (Nationals) and swept the NL wildcard favorites (Diamondbacks). Here are three observations from the week, starting with Johan Camargo's run of strong play.
In this day and age of baseball’s youth explosion — wherein top position prospects often arrive readymade for stardom — watching rookies take the league by storm is almost a mundane affair by now.