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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": "2026-08-19",
  "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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    "gameDate": "2026-08-19",
    "batter": "Ben Rice",
    "batterId": 700250,
    "batterTeam": "NYY",
    "pitcher": "Chris Bassitt",
    "pitcherId": 605135,
    "pitcherTeam": "BAL",
    "distance": 447,
    "exitVelocity": 110.0,
    "launchAngle": 33.0,
    "hrCat": "No Doubter",
    "parksCleared": 30,
    "eventOutcome": "Home Run",
    "score": 484.7
  },
  "hotDogRobbery": {
    "eventKey": "2026-08-19|Brett Baty|Michael King|409|107.0",
    "playId": "560d97e6-c1df-35d6-bbcb-22934eb9a0cf",
    "gameDate": "2026-08-19",
    "batter": "Brett Baty",
    "batterId": 683146,
    "batterTeam": "NYM",
    "pitcher": "Michael King",
    "pitcherId": 650633,
    "pitcherTeam": "SD",
    "distance": 409,
    "exitVelocity": 107.0,
    "launchAngle": 35.0,
    "hrCat": "Mostly Gone",
    "parksCleared": 25,
    "eventOutcome": "Field Out",
    "score": 372.9
  },
  "cheapestDong": {
    "eventKey": "2026-08-19|Andr\u00e9s Chaparro|Peyton Gray|397|105.0",
    "playId": "f3d7c4e4-84f9-303e-806c-de49b681f1c2",
    "gameDate": "2026-08-19",
    "batter": "Andr\u00e9s Chaparro",
    "batterId": 665953,
    "batterTeam": "WSH",
    "pitcher": "Peyton Gray",
    "pitcherId": 682608,
    "pitcherTeam": "TEX",
    "distance": 397,
    "exitVelocity": 105.0,
    "launchAngle": 34.0,
    "hrCat": "Doubter",
    "parksCleared": 1,
    "eventOutcome": "Home Run",
    "score": 245.7
  },
  "sourceArchive": "public/data/daily-features-2026.json"
}