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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": "2026-06-28",
  "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": "2026-06-28",
    "batter": "Junior Caminero",
    "batterId": 691406,
    "batterTeam": "TB",
    "pitcher": "Merrill Kelly",
    "pitcherId": 518876,
    "pitcherTeam": "AZ",
    "distance": 463,
    "exitVelocity": 113.0,
    "launchAngle": 29.0,
    "hrCat": "No Doubter",
    "parksCleared": 30,
    "eventOutcome": "Home Run",
    "score": 489.3
  },
  "hotDogRobbery": {
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    "playId": "b8b2c621-e8c2-3eb6-9caf-6e5ab3b0949d",
    "gameDate": "2026-06-28",
    "batter": "Trevor Larnach",
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    "batterTeam": "MIN",
    "pitcher": "Ryan Feltner",
    "pitcherId": 663372,
    "pitcherTeam": "COL",
    "distance": 386,
    "exitVelocity": 101.0,
    "launchAngle": 24.0,
    "hrCat": "Mostly Gone",
    "parksCleared": 26,
    "eventOutcome": "Double",
    "score": 365.6
  },
  "cheapestDong": {
    "eventKey": "2026-06-28|Luis Garc\u00eda|Albert Su\u00e1rez|377|110.0",
    "playId": "f0905e98-5c8d-31c0-bdd8-e79adc81db39",
    "gameDate": "2026-06-28",
    "batter": "Luis Garc\u00eda",
    "batterId": 671277,
    "batterTeam": "WSH",
    "pitcher": "Albert Su\u00e1rez",
    "pitcherId": 544150,
    "pitcherTeam": "BAL",
    "distance": 377,
    "exitVelocity": 110.0,
    "launchAngle": 19.0,
    "hrCat": "Doubter",
    "parksCleared": 7,
    "eventOutcome": "Home Run",
    "score": 254.7
  },
  "sourceArchive": "public/data/daily-features-2026.json"
}