Editing Jeremy Affeldt (section)

==Early life==
Affeldt was born in [[Phoenix, Arizona]], to David and Charlotte Affeldt. His father was a member of the [[United States Air Force]], and Affeldt lived in [[Guam]], [[Merced, California]], and [[Spokane, Washington]], growing up.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Brown |first=Daniel |date=2022-03-26 |title=Ex-Giants reliever Jeremy Affeldt on his new brewery and the ‘buffalo mentality’ that got him through a personal storm |url=https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/3206165/2022/03/24/ex-giants-reliever-jeremy-affeldt-on-his-new-brewery-and-the-buffalo-mentality-that-got-him-through-a-personal-storm/ |access-date=2025-05-19 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Bandujo |first=Kyle |date=2024-01-23 |title=Jeremy Affeldt Joins ‘From Phenom To The Farm’: Episode 96 |url=https://www.baseballamerica.com/stories/jeremy-affeldt-joins-from-phenom-to-the-farm-episode-96/ |access-date=2025-05-19 |website=College Baseball, MLB Draft, Prospects - Baseball America |language=en-US}}</ref> While in Merced, Affeldt and his father would frequently attend [[Oakland Athletics]] games, and Affeldt enjoyed watching [[Mark McGwire]], [[Jose Canseco]], and [[Dave Stewart (baseball)|Dave Stewart]].<ref>{{cite web |last=Haft |first=Chris |url=http://sanfrancisco.giants.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20120613&content_id=33230756&vkey=news_sf&c_id=sf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120617045826/http://sanfrancisco.giants.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20120613&content_id=33230756&vkey=news_sf&c_id=sf |url-status=dead |archive-date=June 17, 2012 |title=Affeldt's father taught him about life, baseball |work=MLB.com |date=June 15, 2012 |access-date=June 28, 2013}}</ref> Affeldt attended Northwest Christian High School, a Division 2-B school in [[Colbert, Washington]]. He participated in three sports while there, but it was baseball that drove several major league scouts to the school to see him pitch. He graduated in 1997.<ref>{{cite web |last=O'Brien |first=Colleen |url=http://www.kxly.com/news/25792574/detail.html |title=Giants Pitcher Jeremy Affeldt Gets Hero's Welcome |publisher=KXLY 4 |date=November 14, 2010 |access-date=December 13, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716081801/http://www.kxly.com/news/25792574/detail.html |archive-date=July 16, 2011 |df=mdy-all }}</ref><ref name="Giants star"/>