Tour member Barry Bonds snootily predicted Matsui would be lucky to hit 10 to 15 homers in his first season in America.
One early issue, peering snootily over its lorgnette, inquired: "Now that the masses take baths every week, how can one ever distinguish the gentleman?".
By rights, he should feel snootily superior to the joint, pouch his fee, and go back to Nottingham.