{
  "generatedAt": "2026-05-28T03:17:00.622496+00:00",
  "site": {
    "name": "The Long Ball",
    "url": "https://thelongball.app",
    "tagline": "Digging the data behind the distance."
  },
  "dataset": "Daily Longball Features",
  "season": 2023,
  "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": "2023-11-01",
      "dailyDong": {
        "eventKey": "2023-11-01|Marcus Semien|Paul Sewald|406|99.0",
        "playId": "a708b508-9aa5-4db1-b20a-af9f14623f54",
        "gameDate": "2023-11-01",
        "batter": "Marcus Semien",
        "batterId": 543760,
        "batterTeam": "TEX",
        "pitcher": "Paul Sewald",
        "pitcherId": 623149,
        "pitcherTeam": "AZ",
        "distance": 406,
        "exitVelocity": 99.0,
        "launchAngle": 25.0,
        "hrCat": "Mostly Gone",
        "parksCleared": 24,
        "eventOutcome": "Home Run",
        "score": 363.6
      },
      "hotDogRobbery": {
        "eventKey": "2023-11-01|Josh Jung|Zac Gallen|393|99.0",
        "playId": "e6bc403b-98cb-4f5f-b561-242c245b045d",
        "gameDate": "2023-11-01",
        "batter": "Josh Jung",
        "batterId": 673962,
        "batterTeam": "TEX",
        "pitcher": "Zac Gallen",
        "pitcherId": 668678,
        "pitcherTeam": "AZ",
        "distance": 393,
        "exitVelocity": 99.0,
        "launchAngle": 29.0,
        "hrCat": "Doubter",
        "parksCleared": 2,
        "eventOutcome": "Field Out",
        "score": 240.3
      },
      "cheapestDong": {
        "eventKey": "2023-11-01|Marcus Semien|Paul Sewald|406|99.0",
        "playId": "a708b508-9aa5-4db1-b20a-af9f14623f54",
        "gameDate": "2023-11-01",
        "batter": "Marcus Semien",
        "batterId": 543760,
        "batterTeam": "TEX",
        "pitcher": "Paul Sewald",
        "pitcherId": 623149,
        "pitcherTeam": "AZ",
        "distance": 406,
        "exitVelocity": 99.0,
        "launchAngle": 25.0,
        "hrCat": "Mostly Gone",
        "parksCleared": 24,
        "eventOutcome": "Home Run",
        "score": 363.6
      }
    }
  ]
}