Padres President will donate dollar for every new follower this year in fight against cancer

by jbox on Jan 3, 2012 11:07 AM PST

Padres President/COO Tom Garfinkel is pledging one dollar for every new twitter follower that he gets this year. He started at 900 followers on January 1st and currently has 1,041. That's $141 being donated to Stand Up 2 Cancer.

@TomGarfinkel
Tom Garfinkel I will donate $1 for every new follower between today and Jan 1 2013 to @SU2C to fight cancer. Wishing you all a healthy and peaceful 2012.
Jan 01 via Twitter for iPhoneFavorite RetweetReply

Garfinkel has been accused of hating: the color brown, the Friar and even lunch and dinner. Say what you will about those things, but this is definitive proof that the dude really LOATHES cancer.

I'm assuming you all follow him already, you should, but tell your friends and retweet.

This is a dangerous game he's playing. If he gets too many followers, like a MILLION we may need to start a campaign to unfollow him so we don't put him and his family in the poor house, but let's worry about that later. First things first.

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What if he hits a million?

I’m nervous for him. What if his wife wanted to redo the kitchen? What if his kids wanted to go to college?

This reminds me of that episode of the office where he promises to pay for the tuitions of that entire class of high school kids and then they bring him back 4 years later and he’s still a middle-manager. What if Tom thinks the TV deal is richer than it is?

by Dex on Jan 3, 2012 11:16 AM PST reply actions

Forget College

or redoing the kitchen. What if he wanted to put food on the table! I personally would recomend putting a max limit on the amount he will donate

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by imstillhungry95 on Jan 3, 2012 11:36 AM PST up reply actions

Maybe this will lead the the food price droping at Petco

Hello $1 hot dog

Mat Latos is the real deal...Go Lakers, Pads, and Bolts

by mrbarneydangles on Jan 3, 2012 12:02 PM PST up reply actions

I like that the person named "imstillhungry" is worried about Garfinkel putting food on the table

Way to commit to the name!

Why ask a failed romance to come watch your successful one? You know, that's like inviting the Seattle Mariners to a World Series game. It's just weird for everyone.

by Friar Fever on Jan 3, 2012 3:42 PM PST up reply actions

Needs to hang out with freelunch.

www.FriarsOnCardboard.blogspot.com
"jbox does not drink coffee, as it makes him clean house big time." ~Kev

by TheThinGwynn on Jan 3, 2012 4:03 PM PST up reply actions

Yeah

I’m always looking at the food angle!

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by imstillhungry95 on Jan 3, 2012 7:57 PM PST up reply actions

In the last 5 minutes

we’ve gotten him one new follower! Hooray for Gaslamp Ball!

by jbox on Jan 3, 2012 11:21 AM PST reply actions

I like to think the GLB facebook helped too.

No pants. No problem.

jbox likes it when the D hangs low.

by jodes0405 on Jan 3, 2012 12:24 PM PST up reply actions

Not familiar with it

by jbox on Jan 3, 2012 1:02 PM PST up reply actions

That was me

by athletics68 on Jan 3, 2012 2:52 PM PST up reply actions

it was me

"Over? Did you say "over"? Nothing is over until we decide it is! Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor? Hell no!"

by Ron Mexico on Jan 3, 2012 4:07 PM PST up reply actions

It wasn't me

Why ask a failed romance to come watch your successful one? You know, that's like inviting the Seattle Mariners to a World Series game. It's just weird for everyone.

by Friar Fever on Jan 3, 2012 4:13 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs

It'd be cruel

If everyone stopped following him the day before the deadline

Don't hate the game, hate the nerds!

by thenerdhater on Jan 3, 2012 2:21 PM PST reply actions

SOSHULIST!!!11!

Leave it 2 the President to funnel all these funds to the lazy, freeloading cancur payshints. If thay want keemotherupy they can get a dam job!

www.FriarsOnCardboard.blogspot.com
"jbox does not drink coffee, as it makes him clean house big time." ~Kev

by TheThinGwynn on Jan 3, 2012 7:42 PM PST reply actions 3 recs

You know that there is some foulweather fan lurking out there thinking to himself, "Geez, if you have that much money for cancer, why don't you have that much money for Prince Fielder?!? Open up your wallet, you cheapskate!!!"

Ehhhh, I don't deserve a signature...

by sdchicken on Jan 4, 2012 5:06 AM PST reply actions

I'll follow him December 31, 2012

and unfollow him January 3, 2013

That way I don’t have to listen to him try to justify a payroll that is lower today than it was ten years ago.

On the very next play Venable soiled the sheets again

by strummer on Jan 4, 2012 5:54 AM PST reply actions

I wish I could give you a negative rec for having no idea what you're talking about.

by Darklighter on Jan 4, 2012 7:16 AM PST up reply actions 2 recs

Really?

2000 payroll: $54.9
2010 payroll: $37.8
2011 payroll: $45.8

http://www.baseballprospectus.com/compensation/cots/?page_id=138

I followed him for a while, but I got tired of his excuses.

On the very next play Venable soiled the sheets again

by strummer on Jan 4, 2012 7:38 AM PST up reply actions 1 recs

deflation is a bitch.

Just ask Japan. Maybe that is what is going on, all the padres money is in Yen.

"Over? Did you say "over"? Nothing is over until we decide it is! Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor? Hell no!"

by Ron Mexico on Jan 4, 2012 7:59 AM PST up reply actions

I'm talking about what he does on his Twitter account, not the payroll.

by Darklighter on Jan 4, 2012 9:41 AM PST up reply actions

lets take a look at recent tweets

1 retweet of some info from @padresprospects (I turn retweets off btw)
3 tweets about stand up to cancer
3 tweets about a beautiful day in SD along with wearing a brown colored shirt
1 tweet “welcome home carlos quentin”
1 tweet some sort of conversation with @padresprospects regarding TV territory numbers. Can’t quite figure out the entire discussion
1 retweet about mlb fan cave (I turn retweets off)
1 tweet some sort of conversation with luigichargerfan and gaslampball about baby pictures
1 retweet about Josh Gibson’s birthday (I turn retweets off)
3 tweets about Jerry Coleman’s service to the country and mentioning Pearl Harbor day

by kevintheoman on Jan 4, 2012 10:11 AM PST up reply actions

1 retweet from a fan saying they love the padres (I turn retweets off)
2 retweets about Michigan football (I turn retweets off)
1 tweet about college football
1 tweet about Thanksgiving and cherry pie
1 retweet about Charles Woodson (I turn retweets off)
1 retweet from AJ Hinch about managing or something (I turn retweets off)
1 retweet about a child with cancer (I turn retweets off)
1 tweet thanking the armed forces
1 retweet thanking the armed forces (I turn retweets off)
1 retweet from someone who likes the new uniforms
1 tweet about donating uniforms to little leaguers
1 retweet of a picture of some players wearing the new uniforms (I turn retweets off)

by kevintheoman on Jan 4, 2012 10:17 AM PST up reply actions

If you turn off retweets

you really won’t get much baseball information at all.

by kevintheoman on Jan 4, 2012 10:20 AM PST up reply actions

My point exactly.

And during the season, a lot of his tweets are ballpark related: Free tickets/upgrades, handling fan complaints, et cetera. I was really impressed when I asked about getting local beer in the Hall of Fame Bar & Grill next season (this was mid-September) and he said they’d try to do it by the next game.

There’s certainly plenty to complain about when it comes to the on-field product, but Mentor has done a great job making the ballpark experience better.

by Darklighter on Jan 4, 2012 10:39 AM PST up reply actions 1 recs

This is an honest question

and may show my ignorance, but does Garfinkel really even have much or anything to do with the Padres on-field product or payroll? It really does seem that the budget is set by Moorad, and is entirely within Byrnes purview what to do with it.

Scowling at Padres Losses since 1981

by Nater Tater on Jan 4, 2012 10:55 AM PST up reply actions

I really don't think so.

As COO, I think his job is mostly ballpark operations. Maybe he’s in charge of sales and marketing, too?

by Darklighter on Jan 4, 2012 10:57 AM PST up reply actions

I think it's mostly sales and marketing

But whenever we have conversations with him it sounds like there’s a lot of discussion about baseball ops stuff though it’s not his direct responsibility. Like he has input and sees the reports and stuff.

by Dex on Jan 4, 2012 11:09 AM PST up reply actions

that would make sense

would certainly make the product easier to sell if you are at least included on what the lastest developments in the product are.

Scowling at Padres Losses since 1981

by Nater Tater on Jan 4, 2012 11:12 AM PST up reply actions

I didn't like following Canepa

or the Twitter accounts of the Chargers FO either. Tim Sullivan I enjoy following though.

On the very next play Venable soiled the sheets again

by strummer on Jan 4, 2012 9:53 AM PST up reply actions

so you admit you are being close minded

to viewpoints different than what you may have already formed, and unopen to weighing evidence he may or may not present on twitter? DO you not want to hear the justifications because you dismiss out of hand the source of the information or that it does not align with the opinions that you have already formed and therefore automatically declare it invalid?

Scowling at Padres Losses since 1981

by Nater Tater on Jan 4, 2012 11:10 AM PST up reply actions