{
  "generatedAt": "2026-05-28T03:10:35.205700+00:00",
  "site": {
    "name": "The Long Ball",
    "url": "https://thelongball.app",
    "tagline": "Digging the data behind the distance."
  },
  "dataset": "Daily Longball Features",
  "season": 2021,
  "description": "Daily Dong, Hot Dog Robbery, and Cheapest Dong selections by game date.",
  "methodologyVersion": "Daily Features v1.0",
  "sourceNotes": "Derived from the same Statcast and Baseball Savant Home Run Tracker event joins used by the Longball Index data job.",
  "fields": {
    "gameDate": "Latest game date represented by the daily feature row.",
    "dailyDong": "The day's loudest actual home run.",
    "hotDogRobbery": "The day's strongest HR-capable batted ball that stayed in the yard.",
    "cheapestDong": "The day's flimsiest actual home run that still counted."
  },
  "events": [
    {
      "gameDate": "2021-11-02",
      "dailyDong": {
        "eventKey": "2021-11-02|Jorge Soler|Luis Garcia|446|110.0",
        "playId": "05faf715-81a1-4b5d-ad15-b914131e13df",
        "gameDate": "2021-11-02",
        "batter": "Jorge Soler",
        "batterId": 624585,
        "batterTeam": "ATL",
        "pitcher": "Luis Garcia",
        "pitcherId": 677651,
        "pitcherTeam": "HOU",
        "distance": 446,
        "exitVelocity": 110.0,
        "launchAngle": 27.0,
        "hrCat": "No Doubter",
        "parksCleared": 30,
        "eventOutcome": "Home Run",
        "score": 484.6
      },
      "hotDogRobbery": {
        "eventKey": "2021-11-02|Austin Riley|Phil Maton|387|103.0",
        "playId": "07c83792-4f49-4a7d-be1b-1b8fde1b4530",
        "gameDate": "2021-11-02",
        "batter": "Austin Riley",
        "batterId": 663586,
        "batterTeam": "ATL",
        "pitcher": "Phil Maton",
        "pitcherId": 664208,
        "pitcherTeam": "HOU",
        "distance": 387,
        "exitVelocity": 103.0,
        "launchAngle": 27.0,
        "hrCat": "Doubter",
        "parksCleared": 2,
        "eventOutcome": "Field Out",
        "score": 243.7
      },
      "cheapestDong": {
        "eventKey": "2021-11-02|Freddie Freeman|Ryne Stanek|416|109.0",
        "playId": "82ba6b75-a1ee-48ea-a6ba-e82917a15a43",
        "gameDate": "2021-11-02",
        "batter": "Freddie Freeman",
        "batterId": 518692,
        "batterTeam": "ATL",
        "pitcher": "Ryne Stanek",
        "pitcherId": 592773,
        "pitcherTeam": "HOU",
        "distance": 416,
        "exitVelocity": 109.0,
        "launchAngle": 25.0,
        "hrCat": "Mostly Gone",
        "parksCleared": 26,
        "eventOutcome": "Home Run",
        "score": 376.6
      }
    }
  ]
}