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  "generatedAt": "2026-08-03T13:26:04.044908+00:00",
  "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": "2026-08-02",
  "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": "826ab6cb-8b93-32de-89d4-a7b715e0ed47",
    "gameDate": "2026-08-02",
    "batter": "Wilyer Abreu",
    "batterId": 677800,
    "batterTeam": "BOS",
    "pitcher": "Emmet Sheehan",
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    "pitcherTeam": "LAD",
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    "hrCat": "No Doubter",
    "parksCleared": 30,
    "eventOutcome": "Home Run",
    "score": 482.1
  },
  "hotDogRobbery": {
    "eventKey": "2026-08-02|Max Muncy|Jake Bennett|360|97.0",
    "playId": "a4659c20-1c45-301e-90f5-5350145f1d13",
    "gameDate": "2026-08-02",
    "batter": "Max Muncy",
    "batterId": 571970,
    "batterTeam": "LAD",
    "pitcher": "Jake Bennett",
    "pitcherId": 687562,
    "pitcherTeam": "BOS",
    "distance": 360,
    "exitVelocity": 97.0,
    "launchAngle": 27.0,
    "hrCat": "Mostly Gone",
    "parksCleared": 18,
    "eventOutcome": "Single",
    "score": 351.0
  },
  "cheapestDong": {
    "eventKey": "2026-08-02|Bryan De La Cruz|Kyle Bradish|400|102.0",
    "playId": "de6f8151-6871-3aa0-bb6b-8ab7b436b0da",
    "gameDate": "2026-08-02",
    "batter": "Bryan De La Cruz",
    "batterId": 650559,
    "batterTeam": "PHI",
    "pitcher": "Kyle Bradish",
    "pitcherId": 680694,
    "pitcherTeam": "BAL",
    "distance": 400,
    "exitVelocity": 102.0,
    "launchAngle": 30.0,
    "hrCat": "Mostly Gone",
    "parksCleared": 8,
    "eventOutcome": "Home Run",
    "score": 350.0
  },
  "sourceArchive": "public/data/daily-features-2026.json"
}