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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": "2026-09-20",
  "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": "86d834f8-afec-3a11-83b4-386a0aaba5ec",
    "gameDate": "2026-09-20",
    "batter": "Spencer Jones",
    "batterId": 682987,
    "batterTeam": "NYY",
    "pitcher": "Corbin Burnes",
    "pitcherId": 669203,
    "pitcherTeam": "AZ",
    "distance": 448,
    "exitVelocity": 110.0,
    "launchAngle": 34.0,
    "hrCat": "No Doubter",
    "parksCleared": 30,
    "eventOutcome": "Home Run",
    "score": 484.8
  },
  "hotDogRobbery": {
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    "playId": "f8fc5baf-df4d-33e7-be3d-a7597db8df7f",
    "gameDate": "2026-09-20",
    "batter": "Luke Maile",
    "batterId": 571912,
    "batterTeam": "KC",
    "pitcher": "Mason Montgomery",
    "pitcherId": 682254,
    "pitcherTeam": "PIT",
    "distance": 363,
    "exitVelocity": 95.0,
    "launchAngle": 32.0,
    "hrCat": "Mostly Gone",
    "parksCleared": 9,
    "eventOutcome": "Double",
    "score": 340.3
  },
  "cheapestDong": {
    "eventKey": "2026-09-20|Jos\u00e9 Altuve|Mart\u00edn P\u00e9rez|335|90.0",
    "playId": "1ee00073-6a68-3dd4-b4b6-e4ce76e0b7cf",
    "gameDate": "2026-09-20",
    "batter": "Jos\u00e9 Altuve",
    "batterId": 514888,
    "batterTeam": "HOU",
    "pitcher": "Mart\u00edn P\u00e9rez",
    "pitcherId": 527048,
    "pitcherTeam": "ATL",
    "distance": 335,
    "exitVelocity": 90.0,
    "launchAngle": 32.0,
    "hrCat": "Doubter",
    "parksCleared": 1,
    "eventOutcome": "Home Run",
    "score": 224.5
  },
  "sourceArchive": "public/data/daily-features-2026.json"
}