1) The led the American League in FIP (fielding independent pitching) at 2.86.
2) This is his Twitter picture:
![[Brandon McCarthy's Twitter pic]](http://www.realmofthewombat.com/images/misc/mccarthy.jpg)
That’s hot-shot A’s pitchers Gio Gonzalez, Dallas Braden, Brett Anderson, and Trevor Cahill, surrounding a self-portrait of Brandon McCarthy.