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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": "2026-07-29",
  "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.",
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    "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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    "gameDate": "2026-07-29",
    "batter": "Andruw Monasterio",
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    "batterTeam": "BOS",
    "pitcher": "Jos\u00e9 Suarez",
    "pitcherId": 660761,
    "pitcherTeam": "ATH",
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    "exitVelocity": 103.0,
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    "hrCat": "No Doubter",
    "parksCleared": 30,
    "eventOutcome": "Home Run",
    "score": 475.8
  },
  "hotDogRobbery": {
    "eventKey": "2026-07-29|Salvador P\u00e9rez|Joe Ryan|411|102.0",
    "playId": "5846a42b-3c60-3903-ba89-7860cde9519a",
    "gameDate": "2026-07-29",
    "batter": "Salvador P\u00e9rez",
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    "batterTeam": "KC",
    "pitcher": "Joe Ryan",
    "pitcherId": 657746,
    "pitcherTeam": "MIN",
    "distance": 411,
    "exitVelocity": 102.0,
    "launchAngle": 25.0,
    "hrCat": "Mostly Gone",
    "parksCleared": 23,
    "eventOutcome": "Triple",
    "score": 366.1
  },
  "cheapestDong": {
    "eventKey": "2026-07-29|Daniel Susac|Andrew Vaughn|379|97.0",
    "playId": "f59d820a-37f5-31ef-9fe7-240d04c21a4a",
    "gameDate": "2026-07-29",
    "batter": "Daniel Susac",
    "batterId": 691740,
    "batterTeam": "SF",
    "pitcher": "Andrew Vaughn",
    "pitcherId": 683734,
    "pitcherTeam": "MIL",
    "distance": 379,
    "exitVelocity": 97.0,
    "launchAngle": 27.0,
    "hrCat": "Mostly Gone",
    "parksCleared": 9,
    "eventOutcome": "Home Run",
    "score": 343.9
  },
  "sourceArchive": "public/data/daily-features-2026.json"
}