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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": "2026-07-24",
  "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": "8c066850-b00f-3acc-b3e7-c76ead245233",
    "gameDate": "2026-07-24",
    "batter": "Eugenio Su\u00e1rez",
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    "batterTeam": "CIN",
    "pitcher": "George Soriano",
    "pitcherId": 666277,
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    "hrCat": "No Doubter",
    "parksCleared": 30,
    "eventOutcome": "Home Run",
    "score": 484.5
  },
  "hotDogRobbery": {
    "eventKey": "2026-07-24|Luis Garc\u00eda|Paul Sewald|362|107.0",
    "playId": "69de406f-d831-3165-8619-0c43b1dcd476",
    "gameDate": "2026-07-24",
    "batter": "Luis Garc\u00eda",
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    "batterTeam": "WSH",
    "pitcher": "Paul Sewald",
    "pitcherId": 623149,
    "pitcherTeam": "AZ",
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    "exitVelocity": 107.0,
    "launchAngle": 39.0,
    "hrCat": "Mostly Gone",
    "parksCleared": 24,
    "eventOutcome": "Field Out",
    "score": 367.2
  },
  "cheapestDong": {
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    "playId": "165eee37-0b96-3b77-a82d-d2b417b10db8",
    "gameDate": "2026-07-24",
    "batter": "Ryan Vilade",
    "batterId": 668723,
    "batterTeam": "TB",
    "pitcher": "Joey Cantillo",
    "pitcherId": 676282,
    "pitcherTeam": "CLE",
    "distance": 365,
    "exitVelocity": 94.0,
    "launchAngle": 27.0,
    "hrCat": "Mostly Gone",
    "parksCleared": 10,
    "eventOutcome": "Home Run",
    "score": 340.5
  },
  "sourceArchive": "public/data/daily-features-2026.json"
}