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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": "2026-06-17",
  "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.",
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    "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": "2026-06-17",
    "batter": "Marcell Ozuna",
    "batterId": 542303,
    "batterTeam": "PIT",
    "pitcher": "Scott Barlow",
    "pitcherId": 605130,
    "pitcherTeam": "ATH",
    "distance": 448,
    "exitVelocity": 107.0,
    "launchAngle": 26.0,
    "hrCat": "No Doubter",
    "parksCleared": 30,
    "eventOutcome": "Home Run",
    "score": 481.8
  },
  "hotDogRobbery": {
    "eventKey": "2026-06-17|Ben Rice|Trevor Richards|400|104.0",
    "playId": "b3e0692d-d2ab-39c2-bcdc-14f62db6a24a",
    "gameDate": "2026-06-17",
    "batter": "Ben Rice",
    "batterId": 700250,
    "batterTeam": "NYY",
    "pitcher": "Trevor Richards",
    "pitcherId": 670950,
    "pitcherTeam": "CWS",
    "distance": 400,
    "exitVelocity": 104.0,
    "launchAngle": 25.0,
    "hrCat": "Mostly Gone",
    "parksCleared": 28,
    "eventOutcome": "Field Out",
    "score": 372.0
  },
  "cheapestDong": {
    "eventKey": "2026-06-17|Pete Crow-Armstrong|Sean Sullivan|364|99.0",
    "playId": "77a50177-97a6-3c0f-856f-64e3ecd182cd",
    "gameDate": "2026-06-17",
    "batter": "Pete Crow-Armstrong",
    "batterId": 691718,
    "batterTeam": "CHC",
    "pitcher": "Sean Sullivan",
    "pitcherId": 807743,
    "pitcherTeam": "COL",
    "distance": 364,
    "exitVelocity": 99.0,
    "launchAngle": 41.0,
    "hrCat": "Doubter",
    "parksCleared": 1,
    "eventOutcome": "Home Run",
    "score": 236.4
  },
  "sourceArchive": "public/data/daily-features-2026.json"
}