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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": "2026-09-04",
  "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.",
  "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": "70c66265-b66a-3b7d-b755-64a334f300b8",
    "gameDate": "2026-09-04",
    "batter": "Josh Bell",
    "batterId": 605137,
    "batterTeam": "MIN",
    "pitcher": "Grant Taylor",
    "pitcherId": 691799,
    "pitcherTeam": "CWS",
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    "exitVelocity": 114.0,
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    "hrCat": "No Doubter",
    "parksCleared": 30,
    "eventOutcome": "Home Run",
    "score": 490.0
  },
  "hotDogRobbery": {
    "eventKey": "2026-09-04|Zack Gelof|Logan Gilbert|386|103.0",
    "playId": "7e001bf8-0c76-3beb-9182-61294b17c3e9",
    "gameDate": "2026-09-04",
    "batter": "Zack Gelof",
    "batterId": 680869,
    "batterTeam": "ATH",
    "pitcher": "Logan Gilbert",
    "pitcherId": 669302,
    "pitcherTeam": "SEA",
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    "exitVelocity": 103.0,
    "launchAngle": 32.0,
    "hrCat": "Mostly Gone",
    "parksCleared": 23,
    "eventOutcome": "Triple",
    "score": 364.6
  },
  "cheapestDong": {
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    "playId": "9c9042c2-d3b4-3663-8fee-615517c876e9",
    "gameDate": "2026-09-04",
    "batter": "Alec Bohm",
    "batterId": 664761,
    "batterTeam": "PHI",
    "pitcher": "Chris Sale",
    "pitcherId": 519242,
    "pitcherTeam": "ATL",
    "distance": 358,
    "exitVelocity": 107.0,
    "launchAngle": 22.0,
    "hrCat": "Doubter",
    "parksCleared": 4,
    "eventOutcome": "Home Run",
    "score": 246.8
  },
  "sourceArchive": "public/data/daily-features-2026.json"
}