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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": "2026-09-18",
  "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": "c6793ae3-4864-376b-99ec-fc88607e50ce",
    "gameDate": "2026-09-18",
    "batter": "Jackson Merrill",
    "batterId": 701538,
    "batterTeam": "SD",
    "pitcher": "Dax Fulton",
    "pitcherId": 690978,
    "pitcherTeam": "MIA",
    "distance": 432,
    "exitVelocity": 111.0,
    "launchAngle": 29.0,
    "hrCat": "No Doubter",
    "parksCleared": 30,
    "eventOutcome": "Home Run",
    "score": 484.2
  },
  "hotDogRobbery": {
    "eventKey": "2026-09-18|Drake Baldwin|Enyel De Los Santos|408|106.0",
    "playId": "e46de11c-8acb-3011-97b1-f723dea2ad75",
    "gameDate": "2026-09-18",
    "batter": "Drake Baldwin",
    "batterId": 686948,
    "batterTeam": "ATL",
    "pitcher": "Enyel De Los Santos",
    "pitcherId": 660853,
    "pitcherTeam": "HOU",
    "distance": 408,
    "exitVelocity": 106.0,
    "launchAngle": 26.0,
    "hrCat": "Mostly Gone",
    "parksCleared": 25,
    "eventOutcome": "Double",
    "score": 371.8
  },
  "cheapestDong": {
    "eventKey": "2026-09-18|Walker Jenkins|Grayson Rodriguez|357|105.0",
    "playId": "77fe7635-f997-32ad-bf2b-6f33a8e09eae",
    "gameDate": "2026-09-18",
    "batter": "Walker Jenkins",
    "batterId": 805805,
    "batterTeam": "MIN",
    "pitcher": "Grayson Rodriguez",
    "pitcherId": 680570,
    "pitcherTeam": "LAA",
    "distance": 357,
    "exitVelocity": 105.0,
    "launchAngle": 29.0,
    "hrCat": "Doubter",
    "parksCleared": 1,
    "eventOutcome": "Home Run",
    "score": 241.7
  },
  "sourceArchive": "public/data/daily-features-2026.json"
}