Ronald Acuña Jr.'s past few days have been the stuff of cinema.
The Atlanta Braves star has been the National League MVP favorite for the majority of this season. But at the end of August, betting odds favored Mookie Betts of the Los Angeles Dodgers to win the award. That shift came at the beginning of last week, setting the perfect stage for Acuña's play to make a statement in a series against Betts' Dodgers.
The series was always bound to be exciting: The NL-leading Braves against the similarly dominant Dodgers, who have an 83-52 record this season and played better than any other team in the majors last month.