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  "site": {
    "name": "The Long Ball",
    "url": "https://thelongball.app",
    "tagline": "Digging the data behind the distance."
  },
  "dataset": "Tale of the Tape Daily Features",
  "season": 2021,
  "gameDate": "2021-11-02",
  "description": "Date-stamped Daily Dong, Hot Dog Robbery, and Cheapest Dong selections.",
  "methodologyVersion": "Daily Features v1.0",
  "sourceNotes": "Derived from Statcast and Baseball Savant Home Run Tracker event joins. This file preserves one daily Tale of the Tape row for long-term reference.",
  "fields": {
    "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."
  },
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    "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
  },
  "sourceArchive": "public/data/daily-features-2021.json"
}
