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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": "2026-09-03",
  "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": "9b6b1233-51c8-3770-92c7-da63cd78ba4a",
    "gameDate": "2026-09-03",
    "batter": "Carter Jensen",
    "batterId": 695600,
    "batterTeam": "KC",
    "pitcher": "Sandy Alcantara",
    "pitcherId": 645261,
    "pitcherTeam": "MIA",
    "distance": 440,
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    "launchAngle": 28.0,
    "hrCat": "No Doubter",
    "parksCleared": 30,
    "eventOutcome": "Home Run",
    "score": 482.0
  },
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    "playId": "d0c1ec6d-7b3c-34f1-8dea-d7bb4489ab76",
    "gameDate": "2026-09-03",
    "batter": "Daulton Varsho",
    "batterId": 662139,
    "batterTeam": "HOU",
    "pitcher": "Luis Castillo",
    "pitcherId": 622491,
    "pitcherTeam": "CWS",
    "distance": 393,
    "exitVelocity": 101.0,
    "launchAngle": 23.0,
    "hrCat": "Mostly Gone",
    "parksCleared": 16,
    "eventOutcome": "Triple",
    "score": 356.3
  },
  "cheapestDong": {
    "eventKey": "2026-09-03|Roman Anthony|Albert Su\u00e1rez|370|101.0",
    "playId": "0c4351d2-1bcc-3279-9941-506f0e39f978",
    "gameDate": "2026-09-03",
    "batter": "Roman Anthony",
    "batterId": 701350,
    "batterTeam": "BOS",
    "pitcher": "Albert Su\u00e1rez",
    "pitcherId": 544150,
    "pitcherTeam": "BAL",
    "distance": 370,
    "exitVelocity": 101.0,
    "launchAngle": 26.0,
    "hrCat": "Doubter",
    "parksCleared": 4,
    "eventOutcome": "Home Run",
    "score": 242.0
  },
  "sourceArchive": "public/data/daily-features-2026.json"
}