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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": "2026-07-23",
  "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": "5042ba8d-a14e-3637-93f3-30239eb1bbf5",
    "gameDate": "2026-07-23",
    "batter": "Michael Harris",
    "batterId": 671739,
    "batterTeam": "ATL",
    "pitcher": "Griffin Canning",
    "pitcherId": 656288,
    "pitcherTeam": "SD",
    "distance": 420,
    "exitVelocity": 110.0,
    "launchAngle": 26.0,
    "hrCat": "No Doubter",
    "parksCleared": 30,
    "eventOutcome": "Home Run",
    "score": 482.0
  },
  "hotDogRobbery": {
    "eventKey": "2026-07-23|Corbin Carroll|Michael McGreevy|388|103.0",
    "playId": "cf20ba83-0194-373e-b6d4-501db5eff7b3",
    "gameDate": "2026-07-23",
    "batter": "Corbin Carroll",
    "batterId": 682998,
    "batterTeam": "AZ",
    "pitcher": "Michael McGreevy",
    "pitcherId": 700241,
    "pitcherTeam": "STL",
    "distance": 388,
    "exitVelocity": 103.0,
    "launchAngle": 27.0,
    "hrCat": "Mostly Gone",
    "parksCleared": 25,
    "eventOutcome": "Triple",
    "score": 366.8
  },
  "cheapestDong": {
    "eventKey": "2026-07-23|Tyler Locklear|Michael McGreevy|364|112.0",
    "playId": "4e224b02-a2bc-34cf-b2b3-5210c34ad75e",
    "gameDate": "2026-07-23",
    "batter": "Tyler Locklear",
    "batterId": 682988,
    "batterTeam": "AZ",
    "pitcher": "Michael McGreevy",
    "pitcherId": 700241,
    "pitcherTeam": "STL",
    "distance": 364,
    "exitVelocity": 112.0,
    "launchAngle": 21.0,
    "hrCat": "Doubter",
    "parksCleared": 1,
    "eventOutcome": "Home Run",
    "score": 249.4
  },
  "sourceArchive": "public/data/daily-features-2026.json"
}