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  "generatedAt": "2026-09-03T14:41:50.183960+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": "2026-09-02",
  "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": "1bee0bb3-db2f-39e6-a82d-af52be020f44",
    "gameDate": "2026-09-02",
    "batter": "Jj Bleday",
    "batterId": 668709,
    "batterTeam": "CIN",
    "pitcher": "Jhony Brito",
    "pitcherId": 666745,
    "pitcherTeam": "SD",
    "distance": 416,
    "exitVelocity": 105.0,
    "launchAngle": 30.0,
    "hrCat": "No Doubter",
    "parksCleared": 30,
    "eventOutcome": "Home Run",
    "score": 476.6
  },
  "hotDogRobbery": {
    "eventKey": "2026-09-02|Mike Yastrzemski|Riley Cornelio|374|97.0",
    "playId": "866e7ce9-c790-38ac-a4ce-13fd776c4d26",
    "gameDate": "2026-09-02",
    "batter": "Mike Yastrzemski",
    "batterId": 573262,
    "batterTeam": "ATL",
    "pitcher": "Riley Cornelio",
    "pitcherId": 683000,
    "pitcherTeam": "WSH",
    "distance": 374,
    "exitVelocity": 97.0,
    "launchAngle": 31.0,
    "hrCat": "Mostly Gone",
    "parksCleared": 27,
    "eventOutcome": "Field Out",
    "score": 361.4
  },
  "cheapestDong": {
    "eventKey": "2026-09-02|Thomas Saggese|Yoshinobu Yamamoto|396|105.0",
    "playId": "d464a161-3348-3e5f-a777-953c239ddc5c",
    "gameDate": "2026-09-02",
    "batter": "Thomas Saggese",
    "batterId": 695336,
    "batterTeam": "STL",
    "pitcher": "Yoshinobu Yamamoto",
    "pitcherId": 808967,
    "pitcherTeam": "LAD",
    "distance": 396,
    "exitVelocity": 105.0,
    "launchAngle": 24.0,
    "hrCat": "Doubter",
    "parksCleared": 3,
    "eventOutcome": "Home Run",
    "score": 247.6
  },
  "sourceArchive": "public/data/daily-features-2026.json"
}