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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": "2026-09-13",
  "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": "b2b200e3-e713-327e-8137-845a05898a80",
    "gameDate": "2026-09-13",
    "batter": "Corey Seager",
    "batterId": 608369,
    "batterTeam": "TEX",
    "pitcher": "Eduardo Rodriguez",
    "pitcherId": 593958,
    "pitcherTeam": "AZ",
    "distance": 458,
    "exitVelocity": 110.0,
    "launchAngle": 31.0,
    "hrCat": "No Doubter",
    "parksCleared": 30,
    "eventOutcome": "Home Run",
    "score": 485.8
  },
  "hotDogRobbery": {
    "eventKey": "2026-09-13|Nick Gonzales|Matthew Boyd|360|97.0",
    "playId": "59a66394-196b-38a7-a6ae-457029f45c7e",
    "gameDate": "2026-09-13",
    "batter": "Nick Gonzales",
    "batterId": 693304,
    "batterTeam": "PIT",
    "pitcher": "Matthew Boyd",
    "pitcherId": 571510,
    "pitcherTeam": "CHC",
    "distance": 360,
    "exitVelocity": 97.0,
    "launchAngle": 33.0,
    "hrCat": "Mostly Gone",
    "parksCleared": 24,
    "eventOutcome": "Double",
    "score": 357.0
  },
  "cheapestDong": {
    "eventKey": "2026-09-13|Eugenio Su\u00e1rez|Antonio Senzatela|389|105.0",
    "playId": "b4ced6f8-3d15-35fa-b4a8-8077b068f9a4",
    "gameDate": "2026-09-13",
    "batter": "Eugenio Su\u00e1rez",
    "batterId": 553993,
    "batterTeam": "CIN",
    "pitcher": "Antonio Senzatela",
    "pitcherId": 622608,
    "pitcherTeam": "MIL",
    "distance": 389,
    "exitVelocity": 105.0,
    "launchAngle": 32.0,
    "hrCat": "Doubter",
    "parksCleared": 2,
    "eventOutcome": "Home Run",
    "score": 245.9
  },
  "sourceArchive": "public/data/daily-features-2026.json"
}