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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": "2026-09-21",
  "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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    "eventKey": "2026-09-21|Javier B\u00e1ez|DJ Herz|426|108.0",
    "playId": "4a0db500-7f5f-3e84-b203-c5b23bbcf9b1",
    "gameDate": "2026-09-21",
    "batter": "Javier B\u00e1ez",
    "batterId": 595879,
    "batterTeam": "DET",
    "pitcher": "DJ Herz",
    "pitcherId": 687792,
    "pitcherTeam": "WSH",
    "distance": 426,
    "exitVelocity": 108.0,
    "launchAngle": 29.0,
    "hrCat": "No Doubter",
    "parksCleared": 30,
    "eventOutcome": "Home Run",
    "score": 480.6
  },
  "hotDogRobbery": {
    "eventKey": "2026-09-21|Walker Jenkins|Jason Foley|370|97.0",
    "playId": "59104bdf-0740-3406-aa66-97b25d995a2c",
    "gameDate": "2026-09-21",
    "batter": "Walker Jenkins",
    "batterId": 805805,
    "batterTeam": "MIN",
    "pitcher": "Jason Foley",
    "pitcherId": 671345,
    "pitcherTeam": "SF",
    "distance": 370,
    "exitVelocity": 97.0,
    "launchAngle": 37.0,
    "hrCat": "Mostly Gone",
    "parksCleared": 8,
    "eventOutcome": "Field Out",
    "score": 342.0
  },
  "cheapestDong": {
    "eventKey": "2026-09-21|Yohandy Morales|Drew Sommers|349|100.0",
    "playId": "a9ab4d6e-3510-3a4e-94bc-e19f5a53c07b",
    "gameDate": "2026-09-21",
    "batter": "Yohandy Morales",
    "batterId": 691002,
    "batterTeam": "WSH",
    "pitcher": "Drew Sommers",
    "pitcherId": 805427,
    "pitcherTeam": "DET",
    "distance": 349,
    "exitVelocity": 100.0,
    "launchAngle": 32.0,
    "hrCat": "Mostly Gone",
    "parksCleared": 14,
    "eventOutcome": "Home Run",
    "score": 348.9
  },
  "sourceArchive": "public/data/daily-features-2026.json"
}