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Josh Mason-Barkin @barkinj

professional photographer, Dodger fan, airplane nerd, techie, learner. Cynic. I love my wife, my kids, hot dogs, and proper grammar. joshmb.com Phoenix, AZ Joined February 2009
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Blake Harris @BlakeHHarris

2 weeks ago

The Dodgers just acquired arguably the best pitcher in baseball for prospects they acquired in deals where they sent away Michael Busch…. and Matt Beaty If you think they acquired Tarik Skubal because they have money shut the hell up

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George Jarjour @GeorgeOnTap

2 weeks ago

Uh oh. The Dodgers just added Tarik Skubal, the reigning two-time Cy Young winner. The Dodgers already had Shohei Ohtani, Freddie Freeman and Mookie Betts, Freddie Feeman etc. Four months from now, the CBA expires. I said this trade would be the last piece of evidence the owners need to shut the sport down, and it just happened. On pure baseball logic the move was inevitable. Passan reported the Tigers were trading Skubal and named the Dodgers the favorite. Los Angeles has the best record in baseball and arguably the best farm system in baseball at the same time, which is not supposed to be possible. They absorbed the roughly $10 million Skubal is owed without blinking. Bob Nightengale reported the Dodgers were also Skubal’s preferred free agency destination this winter, so this was never a rental. It is a pre-acquisition. Now the calendar. The collective bargaining agreement expires December 1. The owners have proposed the first salary cap since 1994. Multiple owners have told Passan the only real path to a cap runs through missing the 2027 season. One official said they are ready to burn the house down. The mechanism connecting the trade to the lockout is simple. The Dodgers are the owners’ entire case. Buster Olney wrote it plainly. The spending of the top teams has reinforced to the other 28 that change is necessary, and they believe that change is a cap. Every argument the owners make across the table this winter is now a picture of this roster. Ohtani’s $700 million. Deferred money. A rotation of aces. And the reigning two-time Cy Young winner added at the deadline for prospects, because they have so much talent they can buy the best pitcher alive with their surplus. The Dodgers adding Skubal does not just improve the Dodgers. It hands the owners their closing exhibit, timed four months before the negotiation. The competitive balance argument is empirically wrong. Baseball has produced 16 different champions since 2000, more than any capped league. The Dodgers are not breaking a rule. They are excelling within all of them, drafting, developing and spending at once. The punishment for running the best organization in the sport is that the other 29 owners get to point at you and demand a system that makes you impossible. But being wrong does not make the argument weak. It makes it convenient. Small market owners do not want to outspend the Dodgers. They want cost certainty, because cost certainty raises franchise values, and this roster is the best sales brochure a cap has ever had. Every superteam headline between now and December 1 is worth more to the owners’ negotiating position than it is to the Dodgers’ World Series odds. Follow the incentives to the uncomfortable place. The 29 other owners benefit from the Dodgers getting Skubal. Not on the field. At the table.

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Jeff Passan @JeffPassan

2 weeks ago

BREAKING: The Los Angeles Dodgers are finalizing a trade for Detroit Tigers ace Tarik Skubal, sources tell ESPN.

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Josh Mason-Barkin @barkinj

3 months ago

@DodgersTailgate Main mistake was the 3rd pitch to Justin Crawford. He’s up 0-2 on him… no reason to throw something hittable. 95% of hitters don’t put the bat on the pitch Harper hit for a single. Looks like the pitch to Sosa was supposed to be outside and he just missed over the plate. 🤷‍♂️

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Josh Mason-Barkin @barkinj

4 months ago

@azcapmedia More info on the owner and plane here: republicseabee.com/membersnq.html

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Josh Mason-Barkin @barkinj

5 months ago

@StacieMWheeler They have Orel and Kersh. They’re fine in my book now.

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(((Jew))) @JoshMalina

6 months ago

Didn’t understand a word; understood everything.

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Elmo @elmo

6 months ago

That Bunny was AMAZING. Elmo thinks he should be called Good Bunny! Elmo loves you, Mr. Good Bunny! ❤️🎶🐰

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Josh Mason-Barkin @barkinj

6 months ago

@Hendergirl2 @OutFrontCNN Where exactly do you work as a digital forensic investigator, @Hendergirl2? Do you have a background in IT or criminology? (Or do you just watch a lot of police procedurals?)

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Josh Mason-Barkin @barkinj

7 months ago

@ugh_mads Welcome.

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Austin Abbott @AustinAbbott

7 months ago

This was the most impactful throw of Caleb Williams’ life Season on the line, rolling out to his left and threading the needle with 4 Green Bay defenders in the area This is why he was the 1st overall pick Truly an unbelievable comeback for Caleb Williams and the Chicago Bears

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NFL @NFL

8 months ago

CALEB WILLIAMS TO DJ MOORE BEARS WIN

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Chicago Bears @ChicagoBears

8 months ago

ALL DAE JAHDAE

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Adam Sandler @AdamSandler

8 months ago

Happy first night of Hanukkah

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Josh Mason-Barkin @barkinj

8 months ago

“It was more like Andrew Friedman strolling into Citi Field, unplugging the speakers that played ‘Narco,’ holding them over his head like John Cusack in Say Anything, and walking off the property.” Perfect, @DodgersWayFS!

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Gordon Damer @gordondamer

8 months ago

Breaking: The Dodgers have signed with Mr. Met. Terms undisclosed.

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Josh Mason-Barkin @barkinj

8 months ago

There’s gotta be a talented DJ out there who can mashup @TimmyTrumpet and @RandyNewman. Get on it!

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Doug McKain @DMAC_LA

8 months ago

This is going to be absolutely ELECTRIC at Dodger Stadium

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Josh Mason-Barkin @barkinj

8 months ago

@kramarcollects @DMAC_LA Or a @TimmyTrumpet + @RandyNewman mashup.

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Josh Mason-Barkin @barkinj

8 months ago

@LoLoSauceda94 @DMAC_LA First he needs a new number on that uniform. Turns out 39 is taken.

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kramar @kramarcollects

8 months ago

@DMAC_LA need a full mariachi remix for chavez ravine

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Josh Mason-Barkin @barkinj

8 months ago

@Think_BlueLA When we going to get a mariachi remix of Narco?

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