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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": "2026-07-26",
  "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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    "batter": "Jo Adell",
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    "hrCat": "No Doubter",
    "parksCleared": 30,
    "eventOutcome": "Home Run",
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    "playId": "ffc766e6-28d6-38f0-8e94-2ebe9ce2a17a",
    "gameDate": "2026-07-26",
    "batter": "Alec Burleson",
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    "batterTeam": "STL",
    "pitcher": "Andrew Abbott",
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    "pitcherTeam": "CIN",
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    "exitVelocity": 105.0,
    "launchAngle": 23.0,
    "hrCat": "Mostly Gone",
    "parksCleared": 24,
    "eventOutcome": "Double",
    "score": 367.8
  },
  "cheapestDong": {
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    "playId": "b0311650-2be7-3a15-bcc7-1ae1b6eaba03",
    "gameDate": "2026-07-26",
    "batter": "Lane Thomas",
    "batterId": 657041,
    "batterTeam": "KC",
    "pitcher": "Framber Valdez",
    "pitcherId": 664285,
    "pitcherTeam": "DET",
    "distance": 349,
    "exitVelocity": 98.0,
    "launchAngle": 24.0,
    "hrCat": "Doubter",
    "parksCleared": 1,
    "eventOutcome": "Home Run",
    "score": 233.9
  },
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}