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  "generatedAt": "2026-09-26T14:37:08.720957+00:00",
  "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": "2026-09-25",
  "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": "1629b648-03e1-3d39-9d20-68185b59bffd",
    "gameDate": "2026-09-25",
    "batter": "Pete Alonso",
    "batterId": 624413,
    "batterTeam": "BAL",
    "pitcher": "Yerry De los Santos",
    "pitcherId": 660787,
    "pitcherTeam": "NYY",
    "distance": 471,
    "exitVelocity": 113.0,
    "launchAngle": 27.0,
    "hrCat": "No Doubter",
    "parksCleared": 30,
    "eventOutcome": "Home Run",
    "score": 490.1
  },
  "hotDogRobbery": {
    "eventKey": "2026-09-25|Cj Abrams|Jefry Yan|379|102.0",
    "playId": "65841c55-7414-3548-9116-369a6694d47f",
    "gameDate": "2026-09-25",
    "batter": "Cj Abrams",
    "batterId": 682928,
    "batterTeam": "WSH",
    "pitcher": "Jefry Yan",
    "pitcherId": 642376,
    "pitcherTeam": "NYM",
    "distance": 379,
    "exitVelocity": 102.0,
    "launchAngle": 25.0,
    "hrCat": "Mostly Gone",
    "parksCleared": 24,
    "eventOutcome": "Single",
    "score": 363.9
  },
  "cheapestDong": {
    "eventKey": "2026-09-25|Eugenio Su\u00e1rez|Jos\u00e9 Soriano|380|105.0",
    "playId": "e2298332-6437-35f9-bf31-edd56b25fe4e",
    "gameDate": "2026-09-25",
    "batter": "Eugenio Su\u00e1rez",
    "batterId": 553993,
    "batterTeam": "CIN",
    "pitcher": "Jos\u00e9 Soriano",
    "pitcherId": 667755,
    "pitcherTeam": "TOR",
    "distance": 380,
    "exitVelocity": 105.0,
    "launchAngle": 31.0,
    "hrCat": "Doubter",
    "parksCleared": 1,
    "eventOutcome": "Home Run",
    "score": 244.0
  },
  "sourceArchive": "public/data/daily-features-2026.json"
}