{"id":6898,"date":"2010-07-23T14:42:43","date_gmt":"2010-07-23T21:42:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.seamheads.com\/?p=6898"},"modified":"2010-07-23T14:42:43","modified_gmt":"2010-07-23T21:42:43","slug":"batting-leader-steve-moss-is-loving-life-in-bridgeport","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/seamheads.com\/blog\/2010\/07\/23\/batting-leader-steve-moss-is-loving-life-in-bridgeport\/","title":{"rendered":"Batting Leader Steve Moss Is Loving Life in Bridgeport"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It has been nearly 30 years since <strong>Reggie Smith <\/strong>last terrorized major league pitchers with an often lethal bat which made him one of the all-time great switch-hitters.\u00c2\u00a0 He helped get <strong>Boston <\/strong>to a <strong>World Series <\/strong>and the <strong>Los Angeles Dodgers <\/strong>to three more while hitting 314 regular-season home runs and topping 1,000 in both runs and runs batted in.<\/p>\n<p>\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.seamheads.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/atlantic.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-5846\" src=\"http:\/\/www.seamheads.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/atlantic.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"134\" height=\"144\" \/><\/a> Now 65, Smith still loves helping hitters, as the <strong>Atlantic League\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s <\/strong>batting leader happily admits.<\/p>\n<p>\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Reggie Smith is my mentor\u00e2\u20ac\u009d, says <strong>Bridgeport <\/strong>left fielder <strong>Steve Moss<\/strong>, whose .348 average is a dozen points better than any other qualifier for the batting title.\u00c2\u00a0 \u00e2\u20ac\u0153He has such a wealth of knowledge, and has devoted his life to hitting.\u00c2\u00a0 I can call him any time.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n<p>\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 Moss, young by Atlantic League standards at 26 and with his best years likely still ahead, is having his best season in a nine-year career.\u00c2\u00a0 His top average prior to 2010 had been his .299 season in another independent league <strong>(Long Beach, CA, Golden League, 2008) <\/strong>and he had only a .259 career mark, topped out, except for four games in <strong>Tacoma<\/strong>, with two Double-A seasons in <strong>Huntsville, AL.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 <\/strong>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153I think it comes with age\u00e2\u20ac\u009d, Moss told me just outside the <strong>Bluefish <\/strong>clubhouse.\u00c2\u00a0 He pointed to a better \u00e2\u20ac\u0153presence of mind; 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