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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": "2026-07-31",
  "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": "e0c6bfaa-bdf8-3135-8aee-6cbaf1a39700",
    "gameDate": "2026-07-31",
    "batter": "Junior Caminero",
    "batterId": 691406,
    "batterTeam": "TB",
    "pitcher": "Erick Fedde",
    "pitcherId": 607200,
    "pitcherTeam": "CWS",
    "distance": 453,
    "exitVelocity": 110.0,
    "launchAngle": 29.0,
    "hrCat": "No Doubter",
    "parksCleared": 30,
    "eventOutcome": "Home Run",
    "score": 485.3
  },
  "hotDogRobbery": {
    "eventKey": "2026-07-31|Rhys Hoskins|Mitch Bratt|355|106.0",
    "playId": "2a707543-e62d-380c-8c36-1da488575ac8",
    "gameDate": "2026-07-31",
    "batter": "Rhys Hoskins",
    "batterId": 656555,
    "batterTeam": "CLE",
    "pitcher": "Mitch Bratt",
    "pitcherId": 683352,
    "pitcherTeam": "AZ",
    "distance": 355,
    "exitVelocity": 106.0,
    "launchAngle": 22.0,
    "hrCat": "Mostly Gone",
    "parksCleared": 25,
    "eventOutcome": "Single",
    "score": 366.5
  },
  "cheapestDong": {
    "eventKey": "2026-07-31|Jake Mangum|Hunter Greene|336|100.0",
    "playId": "ae0bcb35-d13b-3ff3-b82b-ac4fc833c0b3",
    "gameDate": "2026-07-31",
    "batter": "Jake Mangum",
    "batterId": 663968,
    "batterTeam": "PIT",
    "pitcher": "Hunter Greene",
    "pitcherId": 668881,
    "pitcherTeam": "CIN",
    "distance": 336,
    "exitVelocity": 100.0,
    "launchAngle": 22.0,
    "hrCat": "Doubter",
    "parksCleared": 7,
    "eventOutcome": "Home Run",
    "score": 240.6
  },
  "sourceArchive": "public/data/daily-features-2026.json"
}