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    "name": "The Long Ball",
    "url": "https://thelongball.app",
    "tagline": "Digging the data behind the distance."
  },
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  "gameDate": "2024-10-30",
  "description": "Date-stamped Daily Dong, Hot Dog Robbery, and Cheapest Dong selections.",
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  "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.",
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    "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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    "gameDate": "2024-10-30",
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    "batterTeam": "NYY",
    "pitcher": "Jack Flaherty",
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    "pitcherTeam": "LAD",
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    "launchAngle": 37.0,
    "hrCat": "No Doubter",
    "parksCleared": 30,
    "eventOutcome": "Home Run",
    "score": 473.7
  },
  "hotDogRobbery": {
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    "playId": "53f80c78-a93b-46ae-b545-7178f3bfafab",
    "gameDate": "2024-10-30",
    "batter": "Freddie Freeman",
    "batterId": 518692,
    "batterTeam": "LAD",
    "pitcher": "Gerrit Cole",
    "pitcherId": 543037,
    "pitcherTeam": "NYY",
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    "launchAngle": 25.0,
    "hrCat": "Mostly Gone",
    "parksCleared": 28,
    "eventOutcome": "Field Out",
    "score": 375.5
  },
  "cheapestDong": {
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    "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
  },
  "sourceArchive": "public/data/daily-features-2024.json"
}