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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": "2026-09-16",
  "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": "14f747aa-4f18-3cc5-af90-d5ffa883e3fb",
    "gameDate": "2026-09-16",
    "batter": "Samuel Basallo",
    "batterId": 694212,
    "batterTeam": "BAL",
    "pitcher": "Xzavion Curry",
    "pitcherId": 675540,
    "pitcherTeam": "NYM",
    "distance": 425,
    "exitVelocity": 108.0,
    "launchAngle": 31.0,
    "hrCat": "No Doubter",
    "parksCleared": 30,
    "eventOutcome": "Home Run",
    "score": 480.5
  },
  "hotDogRobbery": {
    "eventKey": "2026-09-16|Justin Crawford|Will Dion|373|103.0",
    "playId": "18b4f949-c7b0-3a48-960d-61d538bafc99",
    "gameDate": "2026-09-16",
    "batter": "Justin Crawford",
    "batterId": 702222,
    "batterTeam": "PHI",
    "pitcher": "Will Dion",
    "pitcherId": 702021,
    "pitcherTeam": "WSH",
    "distance": 373,
    "exitVelocity": 103.0,
    "launchAngle": 24.0,
    "hrCat": "Mostly Gone",
    "parksCleared": 20,
    "eventOutcome": "Double",
    "score": 360.3
  },
  "cheapestDong": {
    "eventKey": "2026-09-16|Michael Massey|Enyel De Los Santos|342|97.0",
    "playId": "4d76fa90-2ae5-35af-8879-8b26d655c5e1",
    "gameDate": "2026-09-16",
    "batter": "Michael Massey",
    "batterId": 686681,
    "batterTeam": "KC",
    "pitcher": "Enyel De Los Santos",
    "pitcherId": 660853,
    "pitcherTeam": "HOU",
    "distance": 342,
    "exitVelocity": 97.0,
    "launchAngle": 29.0,
    "hrCat": "Doubter",
    "parksCleared": 1,
    "eventOutcome": "Home Run",
    "score": 232.2
  },
  "sourceArchive": "public/data/daily-features-2026.json"
}