A month ago, I considered writing a column about Freddie Freeman’s injury based on Alfred, Lord Tennyson’s “Charge of the Light Brigade.”

You know, the poem about an army being overwhelmed in battle. Cannon to right of them, Into the valley of Death, etc.

I did not stick with the idea as fitting the rhythm of the poem was not coming naturally. I’ve kept the poem in mind, just in case the idea needed to be explored more.

But the Braves haven’t been overwhelmed. They’ve even been doing a little bit of the whelming themselves.

Atlanta entered Tuesday’s series with the Astros having gone 18-12 since June 1. The 16 wins in June were tied for fourth in MLB.

The Braves even tinkered with the history books in recent days.

While most everyone was sleeping, Mike Foltynewicz threw eight no-hit innings against Oakland Friday. A no-no would have been the first for Atlanta since Kent Mercker defeated the Dodgers on April 8, 1994.

The Braves earned one All-Star selection with Ender Inciarte, but arguably could have had more. Tyler Flowers is hitting .318 with six homers and 26 RBIs. Both average and on-base percentage are second among regular National League catchers; Buster Posey leads both categories.

Matt Kemp should have merited consideration with his 12 homers, 39 RBIs and .306 average.

Julio Tehran has not been strong, but Sean Newcomb has. To baseball’s dismay, Bartolo Colon ran out of gas, but R.A. Dickey seems to have found a second wind. Dickey is now tied with Tehran and Jim Johnson for the team lead in wins, with six.

Freddie Freeman is even on the verge of coming back.

Out since May 17 with a broken wrist, he may be in an Atlanta uniform by the end of the week. We’re doing so well and found a replacement so good (Matt Adams) that Freeman is now re-learning third base.

What’s going on? What’s causing all this?

I hesitate to compare this to 1991 — nothing compares to 1991 for its magic — but the basic stats are similar.

At the All-Star break in 1991, Atlanta was 39-40, 9.5 games behind the Dodgers for the National League West lead. Currently, Atlanta is 40-41, 7.5 games behind the Nationals for the East lead.

The pitching is a bit older than was in 1991 — Steve Avery was all of 21 years old in 1991, Tom Glavine was 25 and John Smoltz was 24 — but three Atlanta starters now are 26 and younger (Tehran, Newcomb and Foltynewicz).

The Braves even had their starting first baseman out at the break in 1991. Sid Bream missed two months of games with a knee injury, returning in late August.

(Though my favorite player at the time, Bream’s hitting contributions of course don’t compare to what Freeman brings to the table.)

Atlanta had the right mix in 1991 to pull off a title.

I am not that optimistic that they can do it again in 2017.

But wouldn’t it be sweet if they could?