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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",
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  "gameDate": "2026-07-01",
  "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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    "batter": "Josh Bell",
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    "batterTeam": "MIN",
    "pitcher": "Tatsuya Imai",
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    "pitcherTeam": "HOU",
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    "hrCat": "No Doubter",
    "parksCleared": 30,
    "eventOutcome": "Home Run",
    "score": 488.2
  },
  "hotDogRobbery": {
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    "playId": "c5c1c36a-f889-3794-bed3-470d42ef488b",
    "gameDate": "2026-07-01",
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    "batterTeam": "MIN",
    "pitcher": "Tatsuya Imai",
    "pitcherId": 837227,
    "pitcherTeam": "HOU",
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    "exitVelocity": 105.0,
    "launchAngle": 23.0,
    "hrCat": "Mostly Gone",
    "parksCleared": 27,
    "eventOutcome": "Double",
    "score": 373.7
  },
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    "gameDate": "2026-07-01",
    "batter": "Noelvi Marte",
    "batterId": 682622,
    "batterTeam": "CIN",
    "pitcher": "Shane Drohan",
    "pitcherId": 675660,
    "pitcherTeam": "MIL",
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    "exitVelocity": 107.0,
    "launchAngle": 22.0,
    "hrCat": "Doubter",
    "parksCleared": 1,
    "eventOutcome": "Home Run",
    "score": 245.8
  },
  "sourceArchive": "public/data/daily-features-2026.json"
}