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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": "2026-07-20",
  "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.",
  "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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    "playId": "b524f8a5-e710-3ca9-b5ba-f2d693524822",
    "gameDate": "2026-07-20",
    "batter": "Salvador P\u00e9rez",
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    "batterTeam": "KC",
    "pitcher": "Trevor McDonald",
    "pitcherId": 686790,
    "pitcherTeam": "SF",
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    "hrCat": "No Doubter",
    "parksCleared": 30,
    "eventOutcome": "Home Run",
    "score": 479.0
  },
  "hotDogRobbery": {
    "eventKey": "2026-07-20|Vaughn Grissom|Riley O'Brien|367|103.0",
    "playId": "398ac4ce-15f4-3ec2-8040-2b2a72138633",
    "gameDate": "2026-07-20",
    "batter": "Vaughn Grissom",
    "batterId": 687093,
    "batterTeam": "LAA",
    "pitcher": "Riley O'Brien",
    "pitcherId": 676617,
    "pitcherTeam": "STL",
    "distance": 367,
    "exitVelocity": 103.0,
    "launchAngle": 26.0,
    "hrCat": "Mostly Gone",
    "parksCleared": 26,
    "eventOutcome": "Double",
    "score": 365.7
  },
  "cheapestDong": {
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    "playId": "a111126c-bf5c-37a5-a5ad-1ef0dfedd976",
    "gameDate": "2026-07-20",
    "batter": "Trea Turner",
    "batterId": 607208,
    "batterTeam": "PHI",
    "pitcher": "Alex Vesia",
    "pitcherId": 681911,
    "pitcherTeam": "LAD",
    "distance": 346,
    "exitVelocity": 95.0,
    "launchAngle": 23.0,
    "hrCat": "Doubter",
    "parksCleared": 1,
    "eventOutcome": "Home Run",
    "score": 230.6
  },
  "sourceArchive": "public/data/daily-features-2026.json"
}