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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": 2026,
  "gameDate": "2026-05-25",
  "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.",
  "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": "ad46537c-4f16-34ed-8669-a36fa3bf9426",
    "gameDate": "2026-05-25",
    "batter": "Randy Arozarena",
    "batterId": 668227,
    "batterTeam": "SEA",
    "pitcher": "Jack Perkins",
    "pitcherId": 678022,
    "pitcherTeam": "ATH",
    "distance": 437,
    "exitVelocity": 104.0,
    "launchAngle": 30.0,
    "hrCat": "No Doubter",
    "parksCleared": 30,
    "eventOutcome": "Home Run",
    "score": 477.7
  },
  "hotDogRobbery": {
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    "playId": "88572557-ed46-3d03-ba2c-4ffb7e59e2aa",
    "gameDate": "2026-05-25",
    "batter": "Rafael Devers",
    "batterId": 646240,
    "batterTeam": "SF",
    "pitcher": "Merrill Kelly",
    "pitcherId": 518876,
    "pitcherTeam": "AZ",
    "distance": 397,
    "exitVelocity": 103.0,
    "launchAngle": 32.0,
    "hrCat": "Mostly Gone",
    "parksCleared": 29,
    "eventOutcome": "Double",
    "score": 371.7
  },
  "cheapestDong": {
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    "playId": "54d62887-200f-381e-86ec-8c54a420959a",
    "gameDate": "2026-05-25",
    "batter": "Bobby Witt",
    "batterId": 677951,
    "batterTeam": "KC",
    "pitcher": "Jake Bird",
    "pitcherId": 656234,
    "pitcherTeam": "NYY",
    "distance": 432,
    "exitVelocity": 109.0,
    "launchAngle": 28.0,
    "hrCat": "Doubter",
    "parksCleared": 1,
    "eventOutcome": "Home Run",
    "score": 253.2
  },
  "sourceArchive": "public/data/daily-features-2026.json"
}