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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": "2026-08-13",
  "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": "03980166-45ec-3370-a73d-e641947b54fe",
    "gameDate": "2026-08-13",
    "batter": "Sal Stewart",
    "batterId": 701398,
    "batterTeam": "CIN",
    "pitcher": "Davis Martin",
    "pitcherId": 663436,
    "pitcherTeam": "CWS",
    "distance": 419,
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    "hrCat": "No Doubter",
    "parksCleared": 30,
    "eventOutcome": "Home Run",
    "score": 481.9
  },
  "hotDogRobbery": {
    "eventKey": "2026-08-13|Evan Carter|Walbert Ure\u00f1a|347|95.0",
    "playId": "2a988c30-c52d-3292-9cc5-25a73aba8c1b",
    "gameDate": "2026-08-13",
    "batter": "Evan Carter",
    "batterId": 694497,
    "batterTeam": "TEX",
    "pitcher": "Walbert Ure\u00f1a",
    "pitcherId": 700712,
    "pitcherTeam": "LAA",
    "distance": 347,
    "exitVelocity": 95.0,
    "launchAngle": 36.0,
    "hrCat": "Mostly Gone",
    "parksCleared": 27,
    "eventOutcome": "Field Out",
    "score": 356.7
  },
  "cheapestDong": {
    "eventKey": "2026-08-13|Jared Triolo|Tyler Phillips|395|103.0",
    "playId": "4e3fb9e7-0734-349d-a644-785233fbbe6a",
    "gameDate": "2026-08-13",
    "batter": "Jared Triolo",
    "batterId": 669707,
    "batterTeam": "PIT",
    "pitcher": "Tyler Phillips",
    "pitcherId": 663969,
    "pitcherTeam": "MIA",
    "distance": 395,
    "exitVelocity": 103.0,
    "launchAngle": 24.0,
    "hrCat": "Doubter",
    "parksCleared": 3,
    "eventOutcome": "Home Run",
    "score": 245.5
  },
  "sourceArchive": "public/data/daily-features-2026.json"
}