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• Unanswerable question: How would Dominguez have performed if he had been used primarily as a slotback instead of a wide receiver? At 6-foot-2 and 220 pounds, he would have been an inviting target at slotback — which is typically the featured receiving position in the CFL.

• Ivan Gutfriend was an automatic choice for the Plaza even though he never played a down for the Green and White. He was named Saskatchewan’s full-time athletic therapist in 1978 and spent 38 seasons in that role, sharing in the Grey Cup celebrations of 1989, 2007 and 2013. The only question regarding Gutfriend pertained to the timing of his inevitable enshrinement. It made eminent good sense to waive the customary three-year waiting period, as was the case in 2009 when long-time equipment manager Norm Fong was deservedly inducted.

• This one always blows me away: Over a period that spanned 1951 to 2015, the Roughriders employed only two athletic therapists. Sandy Archer served in that capacity for 27 seasons until Gutfriend took over.

• Sunday’s basebrawl between the Toronto Blue Jays and Texas Rangers included a one-sided dispute between Rougned Odor and Jose Bautista. Odor, the Rangers’ second baseman, drilled Bautista in the jaw and the dugouts emptied. Being that Bautista failed to land as much as a counterpunch, can anyone continue to refer to him as a slugger?

• Rambler Park is a wonderful place to spend a spring evening. Thanks to the stars of the Western Cycle Rambler Park Fastball Association for some enjoyable nights at the ballpark this week.