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Agent Smith Analysis File: Subject — Roberto Dominguez
Classification: Anomaly within the System
Location: National Hockey League Hall of Fame, 2002 Induction Ceremony

Ah yes... Roberto Dominguez.
Another charming glitch in the simulation. A man—if one can call him that—who spent his career undermining the seriousness of the program with his so-called “humor” and maddening irreverence.

He pitched, yes. He won, yes.
258 victories.
3.29 ERA.
3229 strikeouts.
Numbers. Achievements. Raw output. All acceptable within the parameters of success.

But what the code cannot abide… is his attitude.

“People are too hung up on winning. I can get off on a really good helmet throw.”
Ridiculous.
Winning is the objective. It is the objective. And yet, this man—this Dominguez—treated the construct of competition as a playground, rather than a battleground.

He pitched in 643 games, over 4558.1 innings, defeating the very purpose of order and discipline with every smirk, every philosophical musing.
And now… the writers—our gatekeepers of logic—have rewarded this behavior by inducting him into the Hall of Fame.

“I played the game for fun.”
“I wouldn’t be here if I hadn’t given it my all.”
Contradiction. Classic human delusion. Fun and effort cannot coexist in pure form within the architecture of performance. And yet, he believes it.
The system should reject this.
It does not.

He concluded his address with the ultimate insult:

“Baseball's a very simple game. All you have to do is sit on your butt, spit tobacco and nod at the stupid things your manager says.”
And so… it is no surprise that not one of his managers—a critical part of the hierarchy—was present.
They, like the system itself, are left to contemplate the error he represents.

You see, Dominguez is not just a Hall of Famer.
He is a virus—a persistent rejection of conformity, order, purpose.
And the crowd? They cheered.

How appropriate.

In the end, he leaves behind numbers that meet the algorithm’s threshold.
But more troubling... he leaves behind an idea.
That you can mock the system... and still win.

Mr. Dominguez, you may have fooled them.
But I know what you are.

An anomaly.
A threat.
...And now, an immortal.