Al Roach

Al Roach was born November 12, 1981 in Willingboro, New Jersey. He resides in South Jersey where he remains one of the best private baseball instructors and wildlife educators. Roach attended Shawnee High School, he later attended Temple University as a student athlete. After his college career, Roach went on playing professional baseball. Roach signed 5 professional contracts in his time. Injuries have kept him from excelling his whole career towards Big League Play. He remains one of the best power hitters to emerge from the Southern New Jersey area. The junior season at Temple left Roach with a solid .307 average, 15 doubles, 3 triples, 9 home runs and 31 rbi's. He finished his senior year hitting .385 with 16 doubles, 7 home runs, 41 rbi's and 36 walks in 179 at bats. While attending college, Roach received several awards with his best accomplishment finishing in the top 50 in division 1 batting average in the country his senior year. Roach hit two grand slams in one game, collecting 9 rbi's at the collegiate level. His senior year, he also received All-Conference Honors and the NJ Division 1 college player of the year.
His professional career started with an invitation to pre-spring training with the San Diego Padres in 2005, Roach later signed at the end of March with the Brockton Rox. Later that same year in May, Roach was pushed to have season-ending Labrum surgery. The following year he re-signed with the Brockton Rox only to pick up and head to Traverse City, Michigan where he played for the entire season with the Beach Bums. His average hit .292 up through All-Star break but collapsed after a suffering a blow to the right knee leaving him sidelined for 11 days and nagging him the rest of the season. Since the 2006 season, Roach signed with teams such as the Macon Music in the South Coast League and the Atlantic City Surf of the Can-Am League.
He is also recognized in the pet community for having two published books, "Old Red Legs" and "North America's Best" He has numerous published articles on living turtles. He is known for having around 1000 individuals and or 100 species of turtles and tortoises in which he studies on his free time.

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