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    "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": "2026-07-09",
  "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": "2026-07-09",
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    "pitcher": "Bailey Ober",
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    "pitcherTeam": "MIN",
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    "hrCat": "No Doubter",
    "parksCleared": 30,
    "eventOutcome": "Home Run",
    "score": 485.2
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    "gameDate": "2026-07-09",
    "batter": "Wyatt Langford",
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    "pitcherTeam": "LAA",
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    "hrCat": "Mostly Gone",
    "parksCleared": 15,
    "eventOutcome": "Single",
    "score": 350.4
  },
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    "gameDate": "2026-07-09",
    "batter": "Brandon Nimmo",
    "batterId": 607043,
    "batterTeam": "TEX",
    "pitcher": "Reid Detmers",
    "pitcherId": 672282,
    "pitcherTeam": "LAA",
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    "launchAngle": 22.0,
    "hrCat": "Mostly Gone",
    "parksCleared": 8,
    "eventOutcome": "Home Run",
    "score": 351.4
  },
  "sourceArchive": "public/data/daily-features-2026.json"
}