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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": "2026-08-08",
  "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.",
  "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": "0d1b0f57-4a37-322c-b82a-547b9448d420",
    "gameDate": "2026-08-08",
    "batter": "Jac Caglianone",
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    "batterTeam": "KC",
    "pitcher": "Clay Holmes",
    "pitcherId": 605280,
    "pitcherTeam": "CHC",
    "distance": 448,
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    "launchAngle": 24.0,
    "hrCat": "No Doubter",
    "parksCleared": 30,
    "eventOutcome": "Home Run",
    "score": 486.8
  },
  "hotDogRobbery": {
    "eventKey": "2026-08-08|Jake Mangum|Robert Stock|369|101.0",
    "playId": "4e1a7428-b321-3690-aff3-b7a3a0840d01",
    "gameDate": "2026-08-08",
    "batter": "Jake Mangum",
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    "batterTeam": "PIT",
    "pitcher": "Robert Stock",
    "pitcherId": 476594,
    "pitcherTeam": "NYM",
    "distance": 369,
    "exitVelocity": 101.0,
    "launchAngle": 28.0,
    "hrCat": "Mostly Gone",
    "parksCleared": 22,
    "eventOutcome": "Double",
    "score": 359.9
  },
  "cheapestDong": {
    "eventKey": "2026-08-08|Munetaka Murakami|Gavin Williams|347|101.0",
    "playId": "95676bfd-d903-3192-ba0a-f9cdd7f945c6",
    "gameDate": "2026-08-08",
    "batter": "Munetaka Murakami",
    "batterId": 808959,
    "batterTeam": "CWS",
    "pitcher": "Gavin Williams",
    "pitcherId": 668909,
    "pitcherTeam": "CLE",
    "distance": 347,
    "exitVelocity": 101.0,
    "launchAngle": 28.0,
    "hrCat": "Doubter",
    "parksCleared": 1,
    "eventOutcome": "Home Run",
    "score": 236.7
  },
  "sourceArchive": "public/data/daily-features-2026.json"
}