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    "name": "The Long Ball",
    "url": "https://thelongball.app",
    "tagline": "Digging the data behind the distance."
  },
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  "gameDate": "2026-07-06",
  "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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    "batter": "James Wood",
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    "pitcher": "AJ Blubaugh",
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    "pitcherTeam": "HOU",
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    "parksCleared": 30,
    "eventOutcome": "Home Run",
    "score": 484.6
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    "gameDate": "2026-07-06",
    "batter": "Heliot Ramos",
    "batterId": 671218,
    "batterTeam": "SF",
    "pitcher": "Kevin Gausman",
    "pitcherId": 592332,
    "pitcherTeam": "TOR",
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    "launchAngle": 27.0,
    "hrCat": "Mostly Gone",
    "parksCleared": 29,
    "eventOutcome": "Triple",
    "score": 372.9
  },
  "cheapestDong": {
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    "gameDate": "2026-07-06",
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    "batterId": 571912,
    "batterTeam": "KC",
    "pitcher": "Cristopher S\u00e1nchez",
    "pitcherId": 650911,
    "pitcherTeam": "PHI",
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    "exitVelocity": 99.0,
    "launchAngle": 31.0,
    "hrCat": "Mostly Gone",
    "parksCleared": 11,
    "eventOutcome": "Home Run",
    "score": 349.6
  },
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}