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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": "2026-09-01",
  "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": "747c5baf-58e5-3e5f-a91f-3ee957146d3c",
    "gameDate": "2026-09-01",
    "batter": "Royce Lewis",
    "batterId": 668904,
    "batterTeam": "MIN",
    "pitcher": "Troy Melton",
    "pitcherId": 675512,
    "pitcherTeam": "DET",
    "distance": 427,
    "exitVelocity": 105.0,
    "launchAngle": 28.0,
    "hrCat": "No Doubter",
    "parksCleared": 30,
    "eventOutcome": "Home Run",
    "score": 477.7
  },
  "hotDogRobbery": {
    "eventKey": "2026-09-01|Trea Turner|Eduardo Rodriguez|415|103.0",
    "playId": "dcf4fe55-b402-3a02-a96c-35135612a395",
    "gameDate": "2026-09-01",
    "batter": "Trea Turner",
    "batterId": 607208,
    "batterTeam": "PHI",
    "pitcher": "Eduardo Rodriguez",
    "pitcherId": 593958,
    "pitcherTeam": "AZ",
    "distance": 415,
    "exitVelocity": 103.0,
    "launchAngle": 27.0,
    "hrCat": "Mostly Gone",
    "parksCleared": 23,
    "eventOutcome": "Double",
    "score": 367.5
  },
  "cheapestDong": {
    "eventKey": "2026-09-01|Joey Ortiz|Tyler Ferguson|384|98.0",
    "playId": "e78ee78d-73e4-343c-8285-f797ec6276c0",
    "gameDate": "2026-09-01",
    "batter": "Joey Ortiz",
    "batterId": 687401,
    "batterTeam": "MIL",
    "pitcher": "Tyler Ferguson",
    "pitcherId": 621053,
    "pitcherTeam": "CHC",
    "distance": 384,
    "exitVelocity": 98.0,
    "launchAngle": 38.0,
    "hrCat": "Doubter",
    "parksCleared": 1,
    "eventOutcome": "Home Run",
    "score": 237.4
  },
  "sourceArchive": "public/data/daily-features-2026.json"
}