Answer "He doesn't spend a whole lot of time ruminating about all the attention....he's too busy with his social life, girlfriend,friends and school. He goes to school about 30 miles away from our hometown so a lot of people in our town don't even know what's going on with him. He hasn't played town ball since he was 10. We haven't sent anything to the local paper and the articles that are in the Chicago papers are only seen by a few neighbors. We like to keep a low profile. He's always surprised when someone asks for his autograph. This happens at school and sometimes kids send letters to his school requesting this and he just signs the cards and sends them back. One person sent a baseball. I keep trying to get him to sign a clean room contract but he catches me every time. HA ... I think he's handling this about as well as can be expected for a typical 17 yr. old."

"We keep him pretty grounded and are constantly talking to him about pressures (self induced or otherwise).I can't even imagine having to go through this without a solid family background. It would be very easy to lose sight of the "big picture" without support."