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Rockies Sign Matt Holliday To Minor League Contract

DENVER (CBS4) - Colorado fan-favorite Matt Holliday is coming back to the Centennial State.

League Championship Series - Houston Astros v New York Yankees - Game Three
NEW YORK, NY - OCTOBER 16: Matt Holliday #17 of the New York Yankees looks on during batting practice before Game Three of the American League Championship Series against the Houston Astros at Yankee Stadium on October 16, 2017 in the Bronx borough of New York City. (Photo by Elsa/Getty Images)

The Colorado Rockies announced Sunday they signed Holliday to a Minor League contract with the Grand Junction Rockies.

Holliday, 38, first came to the Colorado Rockies in 1998 straight out of high school in Oklahoma. He would spend the next five seasons which would include Rocktober and the 2007 Postseason and World Series.

Overall, Holliday has tallied 14 seasons with the Rockies, Oakland Athletics, St. Louis Cardinals and New York Yankees.

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