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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": "2026-07-19",
  "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.",
  "fields": {
    "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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    "gameDate": "2026-07-19",
    "batter": "Sal Stewart",
    "batterId": 701398,
    "batterTeam": "CIN",
    "pitcher": "Ryan Feltner",
    "pitcherId": 663372,
    "pitcherTeam": "COL",
    "distance": 456,
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    "launchAngle": 32.0,
    "hrCat": "No Doubter",
    "parksCleared": 30,
    "eventOutcome": "Home Run",
    "score": 480.6
  },
  "hotDogRobbery": {
    "eventKey": "2026-07-19|Ben Rice|Kyle Hurt|400|104.0",
    "playId": "e43f3aa9-1423-33db-ae2b-98ea895de4c7",
    "gameDate": "2026-07-19",
    "batter": "Ben Rice",
    "batterId": 700250,
    "batterTeam": "NYY",
    "pitcher": "Kyle Hurt",
    "pitcherId": 669165,
    "pitcherTeam": "LAD",
    "distance": 400,
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    "launchAngle": 29.0,
    "hrCat": "Mostly Gone",
    "parksCleared": 23,
    "eventOutcome": "Field Out",
    "score": 367.0
  },
  "cheapestDong": {
    "eventKey": "2026-07-19|Jos\u00e9 Altuve|Rico Garcia|353|92.0",
    "playId": "9a31b173-3663-3ef3-b3e2-8cfae47fe7be",
    "gameDate": "2026-07-19",
    "batter": "Jos\u00e9 Altuve",
    "batterId": 514888,
    "batterTeam": "HOU",
    "pitcher": "Rico Garcia",
    "pitcherId": 670329,
    "pitcherTeam": "BAL",
    "distance": 353,
    "exitVelocity": 92.0,
    "launchAngle": 28.0,
    "hrCat": "Doubter",
    "parksCleared": 6,
    "eventOutcome": "Home Run",
    "score": 233.3
  },
  "sourceArchive": "public/data/daily-features-2026.json"
}