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  "generatedAt": "2026-08-16T10:46:20.205449+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": "2026-08-15",
  "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": "63ec3df1-5f15-3830-a089-a9cd238b3080",
    "gameDate": "2026-08-15",
    "batter": "Joshua B\u00e1ez",
    "batterId": 695491,
    "batterTeam": "STL",
    "pitcher": "Matthew Boyd",
    "pitcherId": 571510,
    "pitcherTeam": "CHC",
    "distance": 449,
    "exitVelocity": 109.0,
    "launchAngle": 33.0,
    "hrCat": "No Doubter",
    "parksCleared": 30,
    "eventOutcome": "Home Run",
    "score": 483.9
  },
  "hotDogRobbery": {
    "eventKey": "2026-08-15|Alec Bohm|Jeff Hoffman|416|107.0",
    "playId": "8ab2aa15-7928-3fa6-8ef8-b466a022aed4",
    "gameDate": "2026-08-15",
    "batter": "Alec Bohm",
    "batterId": 664761,
    "batterTeam": "PHI",
    "pitcher": "Jeff Hoffman",
    "pitcherId": 656546,
    "pitcherTeam": "MIN",
    "distance": 416,
    "exitVelocity": 107.0,
    "launchAngle": 21.0,
    "hrCat": "Mostly Gone",
    "parksCleared": 22,
    "eventOutcome": "Double",
    "score": 370.6
  },
  "cheapestDong": {
    "eventKey": "2026-08-15|Henry Bolte|MacKenzie Gore|341|102.0",
    "playId": "64fac85e-7558-37c0-b712-ec7b5bfb96dd",
    "gameDate": "2026-08-15",
    "batter": "Henry Bolte",
    "batterId": 703607,
    "batterTeam": "ATH",
    "pitcher": "MacKenzie Gore",
    "pitcherId": 669022,
    "pitcherTeam": "TEX",
    "distance": 341,
    "exitVelocity": 102.0,
    "launchAngle": 22.0,
    "hrCat": "Doubter",
    "parksCleared": 1,
    "eventOutcome": "Home Run",
    "score": 237.1
  },
  "sourceArchive": "public/data/daily-features-2026.json"
}