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  "generatedAt": "2026-06-19T13:55:33.037259+00:00",
  "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": "2026-06-18",
  "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": "1aa8a726-7c3f-329b-a0d0-e9fbe088452b",
    "gameDate": "2026-06-18",
    "batter": "Ryan Mcmahon",
    "batterId": 641857,
    "batterTeam": "NYY",
    "pitcher": "Sean Burke",
    "pitcherId": 680732,
    "pitcherTeam": "CWS",
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    "exitVelocity": 108.0,
    "launchAngle": 28.0,
    "hrCat": "No Doubter",
    "parksCleared": 30,
    "eventOutcome": "Home Run",
    "score": 481.0
  },
  "hotDogRobbery": {
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    "playId": "96aed457-69c1-39e9-80f8-047d7f29c7f7",
    "gameDate": "2026-06-18",
    "batter": "Ben Rice",
    "batterId": 700250,
    "batterTeam": "NYY",
    "pitcher": "Sean Burke",
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    "pitcherTeam": "CWS",
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    "launchAngle": 28.0,
    "hrCat": "Mostly Gone",
    "parksCleared": 26,
    "eventOutcome": "Field Out",
    "score": 369.9
  },
  "cheapestDong": {
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    "playId": "53251e11-05cc-337d-a419-0403873d12f7",
    "gameDate": "2026-06-18",
    "batter": "Ezequiel Duran",
    "batterId": 677649,
    "batterTeam": "TEX",
    "pitcher": "Justin Lawrence",
    "pitcherId": 664875,
    "pitcherTeam": "MIN",
    "distance": 374,
    "exitVelocity": 96.0,
    "launchAngle": 32.0,
    "hrCat": "Doubter",
    "parksCleared": 1,
    "eventOutcome": "Home Run",
    "score": 234.4
  },
  "sourceArchive": "public/data/daily-features-2026.json"
}