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  "generatedAt": "2026-08-26T10:58:34.860733+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": "2026-08-25",
  "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": "0b8ec59d-4491-3fde-a1cd-05bc90704c56",
    "gameDate": "2026-08-25",
    "batter": "Christian Encarnacion-Strand",
    "batterId": 687952,
    "batterTeam": "BAL",
    "pitcher": "Matthew Liberatore",
    "pitcherId": 669461,
    "pitcherTeam": "STL",
    "distance": 450,
    "exitVelocity": 112.0,
    "launchAngle": 30.0,
    "hrCat": "No Doubter",
    "parksCleared": 30,
    "eventOutcome": "Home Run",
    "score": 487.0
  },
  "hotDogRobbery": {
    "eventKey": "2026-08-25|Grant Mccray|Tejay Antone|375|105.0",
    "playId": "7083112a-ba08-373c-9240-f9f818a67d28",
    "gameDate": "2026-08-25",
    "batter": "Grant Mccray",
    "batterId": 687529,
    "batterTeam": "SF",
    "pitcher": "Tejay Antone",
    "pitcherId": 622088,
    "pitcherTeam": "CIN",
    "distance": 375,
    "exitVelocity": 105.0,
    "launchAngle": 23.0,
    "hrCat": "Mostly Gone",
    "parksCleared": 25,
    "eventOutcome": "Double",
    "score": 367.5
  },
  "cheapestDong": {
    "eventKey": "2026-08-25|Vaughn Grissom|Gavin Williams|389|102.0",
    "playId": "1999c7da-d8d8-3847-b9b3-f8ad054c6be6",
    "gameDate": "2026-08-25",
    "batter": "Vaughn Grissom",
    "batterId": 687093,
    "batterTeam": "LAA",
    "pitcher": "Gavin Williams",
    "pitcherId": 668909,
    "pitcherTeam": "CLE",
    "distance": 389,
    "exitVelocity": 102.0,
    "launchAngle": 31.0,
    "hrCat": "Doubter",
    "parksCleared": 1,
    "eventOutcome": "Home Run",
    "score": 241.9
  },
  "sourceArchive": "public/data/daily-features-2026.json"
}