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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": "2026-08-21",
  "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": "c303620c-edc8-3da6-b23f-712f2b085ec2",
    "gameDate": "2026-08-21",
    "batter": "Willson Contreras",
    "batterId": 575929,
    "batterTeam": "BOS",
    "pitcher": "Logan Webb",
    "pitcherId": 657277,
    "pitcherTeam": "SF",
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    "exitVelocity": 116.0,
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    "hrCat": "No Doubter",
    "parksCleared": 30,
    "eventOutcome": "Home Run",
    "score": 491.2
  },
  "hotDogRobbery": {
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    "playId": "1c9c6ce6-9693-30f5-8521-504dbe42aa8a",
    "gameDate": "2026-08-21",
    "batter": "Kody Clemens",
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    "batterTeam": "MIN",
    "pitcher": "Randy V\u00e1squez",
    "pitcherId": 681190,
    "pitcherTeam": "SD",
    "distance": 372,
    "exitVelocity": 105.0,
    "launchAngle": 24.0,
    "hrCat": "Mostly Gone",
    "parksCleared": 23,
    "eventOutcome": "Triple",
    "score": 365.2
  },
  "cheapestDong": {
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    "playId": "2ea08858-cd1d-32af-8696-593ed7a1b318",
    "gameDate": "2026-08-21",
    "batter": "Alex Bregman",
    "batterId": 608324,
    "batterTeam": "CHC",
    "pitcher": "Emerson Hancock",
    "pitcherId": 676106,
    "pitcherTeam": "SEA",
    "distance": 373,
    "exitVelocity": 100.0,
    "launchAngle": 27.0,
    "hrCat": "Doubter",
    "parksCleared": 1,
    "eventOutcome": "Home Run",
    "score": 238.3
  },
  "sourceArchive": "public/data/daily-features-2026.json"
}