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  "site": {
    "name": "The Long Ball",
    "url": "https://thelongball.app",
    "tagline": "Digging the data behind the distance."
  },
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  "gameDate": "2026-08-30",
  "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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    "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": "2026-08-30",
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    "pitcherId": 592662,
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    "distance": 440,
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    "hrCat": "No Doubter",
    "parksCleared": 30,
    "eventOutcome": "Home Run",
    "score": 485.0
  },
  "hotDogRobbery": {
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    "playId": "f21e6f5b-8139-3936-b573-85f08357b16d",
    "gameDate": "2026-08-30",
    "batter": "Nolan Gorman",
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    "batterTeam": "STL",
    "pitcher": "Kirby Yates",
    "pitcherId": 489446,
    "pitcherTeam": "PIT",
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    "exitVelocity": 103.0,
    "launchAngle": 39.0,
    "hrCat": "Mostly Gone",
    "parksCleared": 23,
    "eventOutcome": "Field Out",
    "score": 362.0
  },
  "cheapestDong": {
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    "playId": "08b14f27-af16-3b9a-8ea3-b022a0499170",
    "gameDate": "2026-08-30",
    "batter": "Jonny Deluca",
    "batterId": 676356,
    "batterTeam": "TB",
    "pitcher": "Mason Miller",
    "pitcherId": 695243,
    "pitcherTeam": "SD",
    "distance": 319,
    "exitVelocity": 91.0,
    "launchAngle": 40.0,
    "hrCat": "Doubter",
    "parksCleared": 1,
    "eventOutcome": "Home Run",
    "score": 223.9
  },
  "sourceArchive": "public/data/daily-features-2026.json"
}