Aces to lose services of Greg Alwardt for bulk of remaining regular season
The Brooklyn Aces, winners of 9 straight, are probably the only team in the MGL with any realistic hope of catching the Denver Brewers for the MGL pennant (barring an epic collapse by Denver). They currently trail the Brewers by 10 games while the 3rd place L.A. Spinners have now fallen 20 games off the pace.
But it was not welcome news when they found out that they would be without the services of their veteran sparkplug third baseman Greg Alwardt, a 4-time Gold Glover and 3-time All-Star, for roughly a month and a half, which may see him return with very few games left in the 1978 regular season.
They are somewhat in luck to have another veteran Gold Glover to plug into the position in David Holland, but while Alwardt has had a down year at the plate, Holland has been absolutely atrocious with the bat this season. (And he is the opposite of Alwardt when it comes to work ethic reputation.)