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After mom’s death, star throws no-hitter, hits 4 HR in same day
Of all the contorted, twisted emotional trauma a high school athlete can go through, it's hard to imagine any being more trying that what Jaydin Goldenstein experienced last month.
After year of estrangement from his mother, a drug addict who spent significant time in both jail and a halfway house, Goldenstein sat by her bedside as she died.
According to an excellent piece by the Denver Post's Benjamin Hochman, two days later, still in the midst of his own conflicted feelings of grief, Goldenstein authored what may be the single greatest baseball day in the country in 2011. In a doubleheader for his Holyoke (Colo.) High team, he started the day with a no-hitter, ensuring a massive 11-0 win. In the second game, he hit four home runs, pacing Holyoke to a 15-8 victory. Really...
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Of all the contorted, twisted emotional trauma a high school athlete can go through, it's hard to imagine any being more trying that what Jaydin Goldenstein experienced last month.
After year of estrangement from his mother, a drug addict who spent significant time in both jail and a halfway house, Goldenstein sat by her bedside as she died.
According to an excellent piece by the Denver Post's Benjamin Hochman, two days later, still in the midst of his own conflicted feelings of grief, Goldenstein authored what may be the single greatest baseball day in the country in 2011. In a doubleheader for his Holyoke (Colo.) High team, he started the day with a no-hitter, ensuring a massive 11-0 win. In the second game, he hit four home runs, pacing Holyoke to a 15-8 victory. Really...
link to full article