{
  "generatedAt": "2026-05-28T03:23:08.828794+00:00",
  "site": {
    "name": "The Long Ball",
    "url": "https://thelongball.app",
    "tagline": "Digging the data behind the distance."
  },
  "dataset": "Daily Longball Features",
  "season": 2025,
  "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": "2025-11-01",
      "dailyDong": {
        "eventKey": "2025-11-01|Bo Bichette|Shohei Ohtani|442|110.0",
        "playId": "5b1e2524-12c8-3e86-8bd9-f9ec862b42e0",
        "gameDate": "2025-11-01",
        "batter": "Bo Bichette",
        "batterId": 666182,
        "batterTeam": "TOR",
        "pitcher": "Shohei Ohtani",
        "pitcherId": 660271,
        "pitcherTeam": "LAD",
        "distance": 442,
        "exitVelocity": 110.0,
        "launchAngle": 24.0,
        "hrCat": "No Doubter",
        "parksCleared": 30,
        "eventOutcome": "Home Run",
        "score": 484.2
      },
      "hotDogRobbery": {
        "eventKey": "2025-11-01|Will Smith|Max Scherzer|390|105.0",
        "playId": "4799eea5-a261-3ec2-a6d2-8672dcdcfd5c",
        "gameDate": "2025-11-01",
        "batter": "Will Smith",
        "batterId": 669257,
        "batterTeam": "LAD",
        "pitcher": "Max Scherzer",
        "pitcherId": 453286,
        "pitcherTeam": "TOR",
        "distance": 390,
        "exitVelocity": 105.0,
        "launchAngle": 33.0,
        "hrCat": "Mostly Gone",
        "parksCleared": 18,
        "eventOutcome": "Double",
        "score": 362.0
      },
      "cheapestDong": {
        "eventKey": "2025-11-01|Will Smith|Shane Bieber|366|105.0",
        "playId": "bc6d4f80-9572-3273-898f-736dc49e9fd1",
        "gameDate": "2025-11-01",
        "batter": "Will Smith",
        "batterId": 669257,
        "batterTeam": "LAD",
        "pitcher": "Shane Bieber",
        "pitcherId": 669456,
        "pitcherTeam": "TOR",
        "distance": 366,
        "exitVelocity": 105.0,
        "launchAngle": 39.0,
        "hrCat": "Mostly Gone",
        "parksCleared": 25,
        "eventOutcome": "Home Run",
        "score": 366.6
      }
    }
  ]
}