Matt Kata was born in Avon Lake, under the smokes of Cleveland, but grew up in Mentor. He went to St. Ignatius High School in Cleveland and played both baseball and basketball there. But he was a better at baseball, on both sides of the ball as a matter of fact. What was also there from the beginning, was the Tribe.
Growing up as a kid in Mentor, I had a passion for playing the game of baseball and loved the Tribe. [...] Some of my greatest memories growing up were going to Indians games with my Dad.