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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": "2026-08-26",
  "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": "cd16ba31-f117-38ae-9474-5f4c14b162fb",
    "gameDate": "2026-08-26",
    "batter": "Hunter Goodman",
    "batterId": 696100,
    "batterTeam": "COL",
    "pitcher": "Orlando Ribalta",
    "pitcherId": 687377,
    "pitcherTeam": "WSH",
    "distance": 435,
    "exitVelocity": 109.0,
    "launchAngle": 25.0,
    "hrCat": "No Doubter",
    "parksCleared": 30,
    "eventOutcome": "Home Run",
    "score": 482.5
  },
  "hotDogRobbery": {
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    "playId": "634472eb-5e4e-37b9-bad1-c12175b2ac5c",
    "gameDate": "2026-08-26",
    "batter": "Drew Gilbert",
    "batterId": 687551,
    "batterTeam": "SF",
    "pitcher": "Tony Santillan",
    "pitcherId": 663574,
    "pitcherTeam": "CIN",
    "distance": 406,
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    "launchAngle": 29.0,
    "hrCat": "Mostly Gone",
    "parksCleared": 29,
    "eventOutcome": "Double",
    "score": 374.6
  },
  "cheapestDong": {
    "eventKey": "2026-08-26|Brooks Lee|J.T. Ginn|373|104.0",
    "playId": "27c1e0f7-2c89-3420-ad41-28ecc9e1e120",
    "gameDate": "2026-08-26",
    "batter": "Brooks Lee",
    "batterId": 686797,
    "batterTeam": "MIN",
    "pitcher": "J.T. Ginn",
    "pitcherId": 669372,
    "pitcherTeam": "ATH",
    "distance": 373,
    "exitVelocity": 104.0,
    "launchAngle": 28.0,
    "hrCat": "Doubter",
    "parksCleared": 1,
    "eventOutcome": "Home Run",
    "score": 242.3
  },
  "sourceArchive": "public/data/daily-features-2026.json"
}