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    "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": "2026-08-29",
  "description": "Date-stamped Daily Dong, Hot Dog Robbery, and Cheapest Dong selections.",
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  "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.",
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    "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": "2026-08-29",
    "batter": "Jonathan Aranda",
    "batterId": 666018,
    "batterTeam": "TB",
    "pitcher": "Walker Buehler",
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    "pitcherTeam": "SD",
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    "launchAngle": 29.0,
    "hrCat": "No Doubter",
    "parksCleared": 30,
    "eventOutcome": "Home Run",
    "score": 485.3
  },
  "hotDogRobbery": {
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    "playId": "a570479c-ef42-3b88-beab-cd8952cd86e3",
    "gameDate": "2026-08-29",
    "batter": "Trea Turner",
    "batterId": 607208,
    "batterTeam": "PHI",
    "pitcher": "Ryan Johnson",
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    "pitcherTeam": "LAA",
    "distance": 378,
    "exitVelocity": 99.0,
    "launchAngle": 27.0,
    "hrCat": "Mostly Gone",
    "parksCleared": 28,
    "eventOutcome": "Field Out",
    "score": 364.8
  },
  "cheapestDong": {
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    "playId": "371c8f04-797d-3319-bb57-3a021473aedb",
    "gameDate": "2026-08-29",
    "batter": "Pete Crow-Armstrong",
    "batterId": 691718,
    "batterTeam": "CHC",
    "pitcher": "Andrew Abbott",
    "pitcherId": 671096,
    "pitcherTeam": "CIN",
    "distance": 375,
    "exitVelocity": 103.0,
    "launchAngle": 27.0,
    "hrCat": "Doubter",
    "parksCleared": 1,
    "eventOutcome": "Home Run",
    "score": 241.5
  },
  "sourceArchive": "public/data/daily-features-2026.json"
}