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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": "2026-07-27",
  "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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    "gameDate": "2026-07-27",
    "batter": "Ezequiel Duran",
    "batterId": 677649,
    "batterTeam": "TEX",
    "pitcher": "George Kirby",
    "pitcherId": 669923,
    "pitcherTeam": "SEA",
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    "launchAngle": 27.0,
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    "parksCleared": 30,
    "eventOutcome": "Home Run",
    "score": 479.6
  },
  "hotDogRobbery": {
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    "playId": "65edc5f9-d35a-34f5-afb0-f9ec00f0762f",
    "gameDate": "2026-07-27",
    "batter": "Luis Garc\u00eda",
    "batterId": 671277,
    "batterTeam": "WSH",
    "pitcher": "Max Scherzer",
    "pitcherId": 453286,
    "pitcherTeam": "TOR",
    "distance": 383,
    "exitVelocity": 104.0,
    "launchAngle": 21.0,
    "hrCat": "Mostly Gone",
    "parksCleared": 26,
    "eventOutcome": "Double",
    "score": 368.3
  },
  "cheapestDong": {
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    "playId": "2f7a5cf3-1ca6-3cee-b36a-40a3bbfe844f",
    "gameDate": "2026-07-27",
    "batter": "Andr\u00e9s Chaparro",
    "batterId": 665953,
    "batterTeam": "WSH",
    "pitcher": "Adam Macko",
    "pitcherId": 671936,
    "pitcherTeam": "TOR",
    "distance": 432,
    "exitVelocity": 108.0,
    "launchAngle": 27.0,
    "hrCat": "Doubter",
    "parksCleared": 1,
    "eventOutcome": "Home Run",
    "score": 252.2
  },
  "sourceArchive": "public/data/daily-features-2026.json"
}