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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": "2026-09-24",
  "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": "6d90009a-6518-34d2-80d2-bcb7f8080021",
    "gameDate": "2026-09-24",
    "batter": "Julio Rodr\u00edguez",
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    "batterTeam": "SEA",
    "pitcher": "Grayson Rodriguez",
    "pitcherId": 680570,
    "pitcherTeam": "LAA",
    "distance": 451,
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    "launchAngle": 25.0,
    "hrCat": "No Doubter",
    "parksCleared": 30,
    "eventOutcome": "Home Run",
    "score": 484.1
  },
  "hotDogRobbery": {
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    "playId": "3be56d91-d00b-3655-b070-db570e617815",
    "gameDate": "2026-09-24",
    "batter": "Brian Navarreto",
    "batterId": 640459,
    "batterTeam": "MIA",
    "pitcher": "Matthew Boyd",
    "pitcherId": 571510,
    "pitcherTeam": "CHC",
    "distance": 344,
    "exitVelocity": 96.0,
    "launchAngle": 27.0,
    "hrCat": "Mostly Gone",
    "parksCleared": 18,
    "eventOutcome": "Double",
    "score": 348.4
  },
  "cheapestDong": {
    "eventKey": "2026-09-24|Angel Mart\u00ednez|Ranger Suarez|319|94.0",
    "playId": "09dee785-cc60-3703-a89e-00f32e8ce0f3",
    "gameDate": "2026-09-24",
    "batter": "Angel Mart\u00ednez",
    "batterId": 682657,
    "batterTeam": "CLE",
    "pitcher": "Ranger Suarez",
    "pitcherId": 624133,
    "pitcherTeam": "BOS",
    "distance": 319,
    "exitVelocity": 94.0,
    "launchAngle": 25.0,
    "hrCat": "Doubter",
    "parksCleared": 1,
    "eventOutcome": "Home Run",
    "score": 226.9
  },
  "sourceArchive": "public/data/daily-features-2026.json"
}