Wait, so Bill Klapisch had info that NOBODY else had and NOBODY else confirmed? And you believe it, well, because, it HAS to be right. Even after Cashman denied it prior to the start of the 2008 season, BEFORE Kennedy and Melky's stock went in the shitter. Cashman has ALWAYS said that Hughes was the centerpiece of the deal. EVERY TIME. He has not wavered. And he has maintained that since right after the deal was made with the Mets. So you will take the word of one writer, even though most other writers refuted it and Cashman has refuted it EVERY time. You are such a moron, you believe what you want to believe. 2009 would be shot if we had Johan. No Hughes, no CC, Johan on the DL, we'd be f***ed.