Kata hopes to find role with Rockies
Published 3/6/2008 by Owen Perkins at Major League Baseball News
Over the past five years, Matt Kata has picked up plenty of experience filling a team's holes, from his rookie year as a regular starter with the celebrated Arizona "Baby 'Backs," to his subsequent years with the Phillies, Rangers, and Pirates, he's played all over the diamond and all over the baseball map.
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