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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": "2026-07-03",
  "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": "2026-07-03",
    "batter": "Nick Kurtz",
    "batterId": 701762,
    "batterTeam": "ATH",
    "pitcher": "Tyler Phillips",
    "pitcherId": 663969,
    "pitcherTeam": "MIA",
    "distance": 457,
    "exitVelocity": 113.0,
    "launchAngle": 28.0,
    "hrCat": "No Doubter",
    "parksCleared": 30,
    "eventOutcome": "Home Run",
    "score": 488.7
  },
  "hotDogRobbery": {
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    "playId": "b70e440e-0260-309a-ad2e-0f01fe6c6eb1",
    "gameDate": "2026-07-03",
    "batter": "Esmerlyn Valdez",
    "batterId": 699013,
    "batterTeam": "PIT",
    "pitcher": "Zak Kent",
    "pitcherId": 687849,
    "pitcherTeam": "WSH",
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    "exitVelocity": 103.0,
    "launchAngle": 27.0,
    "hrCat": "Mostly Gone",
    "parksCleared": 26,
    "eventOutcome": "Double",
    "score": 366.2
  },
  "cheapestDong": {
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    "playId": "e5f3cbbc-27f1-386a-ada1-09ef08dad5b4",
    "gameDate": "2026-07-03",
    "batter": "Caleb Durbin",
    "batterId": 702332,
    "batterTeam": "BOS",
    "pitcher": "Reid Detmers",
    "pitcherId": 672282,
    "pitcherTeam": "LAA",
    "distance": 358,
    "exitVelocity": 107.0,
    "launchAngle": 24.0,
    "hrCat": "Doubter",
    "parksCleared": 1,
    "eventOutcome": "Home Run",
    "score": 243.8
  },
  "sourceArchive": "public/data/daily-features-2026.json"
}