text: Jim Souhan of the Minneapolis Star Tribune said he did not see Matsui as a rookie in 2003 because `` it would be an insult to the Japanese league to pretend that experience did n't count . ''
simplified: Jim Souhan of the Minneapolis Star Tribune said he did not think Matsui was a rookie in 2003 because `` it would be an insult to the Japanese league to pretend that experience did n't count . ''