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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": "2026-06-02",
  "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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    "gameDate": "2026-06-02",
    "batter": "Willi Castro",
    "batterId": 650489,
    "batterTeam": "COL",
    "pitcher": "Grayson Rodriguez",
    "pitcherId": 680570,
    "pitcherTeam": "LAA",
    "distance": 433,
    "exitVelocity": 109.0,
    "launchAngle": 30.0,
    "hrCat": "No Doubter",
    "parksCleared": 30,
    "eventOutcome": "Home Run",
    "score": 482.3
  },
  "hotDogRobbery": {
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    "playId": "6cc3f484-f40c-3624-97d1-fab96504e281",
    "gameDate": "2026-06-02",
    "batter": "Patrick Bailey",
    "batterId": 672275,
    "batterTeam": "CLE",
    "pitcher": "Cam Schlittler",
    "pitcherId": 693645,
    "pitcherTeam": "NYY",
    "distance": 399,
    "exitVelocity": 103.0,
    "launchAngle": 27.0,
    "hrCat": "Mostly Gone",
    "parksCleared": 20,
    "eventOutcome": "Triple",
    "score": 362.9
  },
  "cheapestDong": {
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    "playId": "be2fd673-27e6-32c0-9c19-96bf04ee0020",
    "gameDate": "2026-06-02",
    "batter": "Tj Rumfield",
    "batterId": 681198,
    "batterTeam": "COL",
    "pitcher": "Grayson Rodriguez",
    "pitcherId": 680570,
    "pitcherTeam": "LAA",
    "distance": 364,
    "exitVelocity": 97.0,
    "launchAngle": 28.0,
    "hrCat": "Doubter",
    "parksCleared": 1,
    "eventOutcome": "Home Run",
    "score": 234.4
  },
  "sourceArchive": "public/data/daily-features-2026.json"
}