{
  "generatedAt": "2026-05-28T03:20:07.543130+00:00",
  "site": {
    "name": "The Long Ball",
    "url": "https://thelongball.app",
    "tagline": "Digging the data behind the distance."
  },
  "dataset": "Daily Longball Features",
  "season": 2024,
  "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": "2024-10-30",
      "dailyDong": {
        "eventKey": "2024-10-30|Jazz Chisholm|Jack Flaherty|397|104.0",
        "playId": "ef0afacc-31c1-450b-92a2-f5a3dce79b1e",
        "gameDate": "2024-10-30",
        "batter": "Jazz Chisholm",
        "batterId": 665862,
        "batterTeam": "NYY",
        "pitcher": "Jack Flaherty",
        "pitcherId": 656427,
        "pitcherTeam": "LAD",
        "distance": 397,
        "exitVelocity": 104.0,
        "launchAngle": 37.0,
        "hrCat": "No Doubter",
        "parksCleared": 30,
        "eventOutcome": "Home Run",
        "score": 473.7
      },
      "hotDogRobbery": {
        "eventKey": "2024-10-30|Freddie Freeman|Gerrit Cole|405|107.0",
        "playId": "53f80c78-a93b-46ae-b545-7178f3bfafab",
        "gameDate": "2024-10-30",
        "batter": "Freddie Freeman",
        "batterId": 518692,
        "batterTeam": "LAD",
        "pitcher": "Gerrit Cole",
        "pitcherId": 543037,
        "pitcherTeam": "NYY",
        "distance": 405,
        "exitVelocity": 107.0,
        "launchAngle": 25.0,
        "hrCat": "Mostly Gone",
        "parksCleared": 28,
        "eventOutcome": "Field Out",
        "score": 375.5
      },
      "cheapestDong": {
        "eventKey": "2024-10-30|Aaron Judge|Jack Flaherty|403|109.0",
        "playId": "08286940-26d1-411d-b53c-1897085657ac",
        "gameDate": "2024-10-30",
        "batter": "Aaron Judge",
        "batterId": 592450,
        "batterTeam": "NYY",
        "pitcher": "Jack Flaherty",
        "pitcherId": 656427,
        "pitcherTeam": "LAD",
        "distance": 403,
        "exitVelocity": 109.0,
        "launchAngle": 28.0,
        "hrCat": "Mostly Gone",
        "parksCleared": 29,
        "eventOutcome": "Home Run",
        "score": 378.3
      }
    }
  ]
}