Brandon Anderson

Neosho County CC Baseball ‘19 // Arkansas State Baseball ‘22 // Director of Baseball Training @WIREDtrained //Omaha, NE

[Brandon Anderson @bbranderson]

Oh hey he is up to 89.4 now. I can sniff the 90 coming ⛽️⛽️⛽️ @bcork333

[Brandon Anderson @bbranderson]

@bcork333 of @mnbaseball2022 punches an 87 off the mound up from 82 this summer. Cleaned up his hinge, and letting the body work. More fuego incoming this spring 🔥🔥🔥 @WIREDTrained

[Trevor Bauer (トレバー・バウアー) @BauerOutage]

@joerogan Lets do it.

[Trevor Bauer (トレバー・バウアー) @BauerOutage]

Average fastball stats from my no hitter: 93.9 mph. 20.6 ivb.
Average velo for my cy young season: 93.5 mph, 19.7 ivb.

So apparently, better velo and more movement on the fastball means I’m super washed.

[Bryan Bros Golf @bryanbrosgolf]

Welcome to the tour.

[Randy Sullivan MPT, CSCS @RandySullivanPT]

Last week I was doing an exit outbrief on a young client

135 lb, 16-year-old righty who’s been working hard to bump his velocity

Like everyone in our program, he’d sat through the full breakdown on nutrition

Meal planning, calorie tracking, all of it

I reminded him (and his mom) that, in our research, the biggest influencer of velocity isn’t mechanics, or mindset, or magic drills

It’s body weight

Up to around 180 lbs

His shoulders dropped

Mom gave him the “told you so” look

She said, “I try to get him to eat, but he’s just so picky,
and he always says he's not hungry.”

Here’s the thing: a big part of development is taking care of the easy stuff

Showing up on time is easy

Being prepared is easy

Putting food in your mouth is easy

Nobody cares how you feel

They care how you play

The hitters you’re facing?

They’re glad you don’t feel like eating

The kid taking the scholarship you want?

He’s glad you don’t feel like eating

Eating isn’t optional

It’s part of training

You don’t always feel like throwing
But you throw

You don’t always feel like lifting
But you lift

You don’t always feel like eating
Eat anyway

[Brandon Anderson @bbranderson]

Boys are hot!!!! @AStateBaseball

[Baseball America @BaseballAmerica]

🚨 NEW NCAA TOP 25 RANKINGS 🚨

Four new teams enter this week:

@UKBaseball
@AStateBaseball
@ASU_Baseball
@OregonBaseball

https://t.co/4zBKndZXk2

[Baseball America @BaseballAmerica]

For the first time EVER, @AStateBaseball is in the Baseball America Top 25.

https://t.co/4zBKne0v9A

[11Point7 College Baseball @11point7]

RED WOLVES TAKE THE SERIES FROM SOUTHERN MISS 🔥🔥

Arkansas State with a Top 10 series dub to kick off Fun Belt play.

[11Point7 College Baseball @11point7]

Arkansas State has taken a 7-3 lead over Southern Miss late 👀👀👀

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

You’d think someone would at least check to see if there is something wrong with water 🙄

[MatrixMysteries @MatrixMysteries]

An American woman loses both parents and goes through their Social Security records.

They paid in for DECADES — nearly $1,000,000 combined.

Her dad died before collecting a dime.
Her mom only received about $32,000 a year for four years.

That’s not a safety net. It's a SCAM.

[Matthew Gorman @Matthewgorman08]

Committed 🟠🟢 #GoCanes

@Robert_Gorman77 @KimGorman17 @CanesBaseball @PLSTitansBB @SpectsBaseball @Prospector_Co @Samkratz3 @Prospects_NE @GoGoGominsky22 @TreadHQ @marshelite @PrepBaseballNE

[Mark Cecchini, CFP® @markcecchini]

TAX MAN: Hey you! Your W-2 is ready. Pumped for tax season.

ME: Awesome, so I can file my taxes now?

TAX MAN: Nope, your wife’s W2 isn’t ready yet.

ME: Cool. I'll see if she knows her ADP login.

TAX MAN: Hey. Your 1098 is ready.

ME: Great, that’s my mortgage interest right?

TAX MAN: Yep. But your loan got sold last year haha. So you’ll get two 1098s, one from each bank.

ME: Yea I remember getting a letter about that at some point…that's like the 3rd time our mortgage has been sold.

TAX MAN: Btw only 1 of your 1098s is ready. The other isn't.

ME: Cool, so I still can't really file yet.

TAX MAN: Yep. But your brokerage account 1099s will come out in mid-Feb.

TAX MAN: Go look for a Consolidated 1099, or separate 1099-INT, 1099-DIV, 1099-B, 1099-R.

ME: I thought 1099s were for people who were contract-based employees or gig workers?

TAX MAN: Nah, 1099s are for so many things man.

TAX MAN: Did you sell RSUs last year? If so, you'll get a 1099-B that shows $0 basis, so you'll want to go get a Supplemental Information document from your broker.

ME: Cool, thanks for the heads up. Someone will tell me that explicitly, right?

TAX MAN: Not at all.

ME: Cool. What’s the difference between 1099-MISC and 1099-NEC?

TAX MAN: 1099-NEC (Non-Employee Compensation) reports payments to contractors. 1099-MISC (Miscellaneous) reports other types of payments like rent, royalties, and prizes, etc.

TAX MAN: They changed it a few years ago but didn't really tell anyone.

ME: Why are you the way you are?

TAX MAN: Nobody knows.

ME: Looks like I got a 1099-K this year?

TAX MAN: Did you sell something online?

ME: I sold a couch on Facebook Marketplace

TAX MAN: For how much?

ME: $600...

TAX MAN: Congratulations, you’re a business now.

ME: Okay I have all my 1099s, I’m ready to file.

TAX MAN: Did you check for corrected forms?

ME: What?

TAX MAN: Sometimes they prepare a corrected one to recharacterize income or fix mistakes.

TAX MAN: They come like a few weeks later.

ME: So should I wait?

TAX MAN: Up to you man.

TAX MAN: File now and maybe amend later?

TAX MAN: Or wait, and maybe it never comes.

ME: Cool.

ME: Oh btw, I invested in a private company last year.

TAX MAN: Ah, you’ll be getting a K-1 now LOL.

ME: Great, when?

TAX MAN: LOL.

ME: Taxes are due in a couple months...

TAX MAN: Right.

ME: But the form comes in October?

TAX MAN: Sometimes September if you’re lucky!

ME: So what do I do?

TAX MAN: File an extension and make a payment.

ME: I filed an extension, but I think we owe money.

TAX MAN: Yeah you'll need to pay that by 4/15.

ME: But I don’t know how much I owe?

ME: Because I don’t have all my forms...

TAX MAN: You estimate. 100% of last year's tax or 90% of this year's tax....or else you get slapped with thousands in underpayment penalties/interest.

ME: What if I make over $150,000?

TAX MAN: Then you have to pay in 110% of last year's tax....or 90% of this year's tax.

ME: What if I estimate wrong?

TAX MAN: Penalty.

ME: What if I overpay?

TAX MAN: They’ll refund it eventually.

ME: With interest?

TAX MAN: LOL no.

ME: I did everything right.

ME: I have all my forms

ME: I filed on time

ME: I’m getting a refund

TAX MAN: Congratulations

ME: When will I get it?

TAX MAN: The IRS says 21 days

TAX MAN: It’s been 12 weeks

TAX MAN: Your return is “still being processed”.

ME: Can I call someone?

TAX MAN: You can try.

TAX MAN: They’re experiencing higher than normal call volume.

ME: For how long?

TAX MAN: Since 2019.

ME: What if I just don’t file?

TAX MAN: Prison.

ME: What if I file wrong?

TAX MAN: Also prison, but less likely.

ME: What if my accountant files wrong?

TAX MAN: Still your fault.

ME: Can I just move somewhere with no income tax?

TAX MAN: You can try!

ME: What if I leave the country?

TAX MAN: You still have to file.

TAX MAN: For ten years after you renounce citizenship.

ME: This is tyranny.

TAX MAN: That's funny because that's actually how this whole thing started.

[Flushing It @flushingitgolf]

It’s pretty wild that Wesley Bryan is currently suspended from the PGA Tour for playing in a 9 hole YouTube match, but Brooks Koepka played 4 seasons on LIV Golf, after banking 9 figures, and is almost immediately allowed back…

Free Wesley.

[Wesley Bryan @wesleybryangolf]

Proposition to the @PGATOUR

Returning Member Program:

1) anyone who has won a major or the players in the last 5 years OR

2) anyone who is suspended for playing in 9 hole scramble events

*the 5,000,000 dollar charitable donation only applies to 1st category

Thoughts?

[Phil Mickelson @PhilMickelson]

@EndWokeness I’d like to wish everyone a Merry Christmas 🎄

[Dov Kleiman @NFL_DovKleiman]

Cam Skattebo shotgunned a drink out of his used football cleat after hitting 1000 subscribers on Twitch.

He instantly started tweaking when the caffeine hit.

😭😭😭

[Carson Burke @Carson_Burke2]

Topped 89 off the mound @WIREDTrained

[Jon Gruden @BarstoolGruden]

I sure do look forward to meeting you!

[BTG @BowTied_Golfer]

I've seen enough of the upside-down letter hats.

It's time to revisit the article I wrote from June, on the problem with the trend. From the archives:

"It's easy to mock the proletariat who wear hats with oversized letters (and now upside down logos), as if their fashion choices are somehow beneath us.

It’s another issue when we see this behavior and attire trickle into the premier tournaments, clubs and upper echelons of the sport.

The recent push to grow the game of golf has been extremely successful (and extremely profitable), but at what cost?

Augusta wouldn’t be selling PIMENTO and SKIP IT hats if they weren’t a money-printing machine.

Why does the game have to lower its standards to let more people in? Why can’t we collectively help those unacquainted with the game climb to the level which it deserves?

I don’t have concrete answers, but my gut says the game’s growth outpaced its resources for proper instruction. The explosion of new players, coupled with the borderless ocean of YouTube golf content, and boom, you have an etiquette crisis of the highest degree."

-BTG

[Chris Vannini @ChrisVannini]

Within a week we've had a major jewel heist, a mafia-involved poker ring and sports gambling corruption. We're living in the 1920s.