Travel Baseball Dad's Face Always Looks Like He's Smelling a Rank Odor

Columbus, Ohio.--Gary Frobert loves to watch his son play baseball. You wouldn’t know it from the expression on his face.

Observers said the 39-year-old computer engineer is pleasant enough to talk to, but always looks as though he were sitting next to a wheel of Gorgonzola cheese floating in a bus station toilet.

“I feel bad for the guy,” said Fred Williston, a fellow parent of the Columbus Carpetbombers 14U Select. “He would have more friends if he looked happier to be there.”

In a game last Saturday, Frobert’s son, Henry, singled twice and doubled off the center-field wall. Frobert’s countenance didn’t change.

“It’s like someone died and he’s smelling the cadaver’s decomposing flesh wafting up through the unwashed corduroy pants of a homeless man,” said Judy Tonra.

For parents, keeping the same expression at all times can be an advantage, said psychologist Samuel Berger. Such a parent doesn’t project feelings of displeasure when his child performs poorly. Whether Henry Frobert goes 3-5 or 0-6, Gary Frobert’s face always looks like he is catching a whiff of vomit fermenting in an old shoe.

“It’s kind of comforting to know that expression will always be there,” said Henry Frobert.

Gary Frobert was surprised to hear that his appearance was causing a stir among fellow parents. Some of them carry peculiar expressions of their own, he said.

“That guy over there -- Bruce. He looks like he has been sucking on garlic pickles since he was in a diaper,” said Frobert.--SB!