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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": "2026-09-26",
  "description": "Date-stamped Daily Dong, Hot Dog Robbery, and Cheapest Dong selections.",
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  "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": "c6e08bca-fb84-30f5-9b28-6d07b351b969",
    "gameDate": "2026-09-26",
    "batter": "Alec Burleson",
    "batterId": 676475,
    "batterTeam": "STL",
    "pitcher": "Dustin May",
    "pitcherId": 669160,
    "pitcherTeam": "MIL",
    "distance": 432,
    "exitVelocity": 112.0,
    "launchAngle": 27.0,
    "hrCat": "No Doubter",
    "parksCleared": 30,
    "eventOutcome": "Home Run",
    "score": 485.2
  },
  "hotDogRobbery": {
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    "playId": "f7cd13dd-3ba2-3654-9178-fc57204c88af",
    "gameDate": "2026-09-26",
    "batter": "Turner Hill",
    "batterId": 806367,
    "batterTeam": "SF",
    "pitcher": "Evan Phillips",
    "pitcherId": 623465,
    "pitcherTeam": "LAD",
    "distance": 414,
    "exitVelocity": 103.0,
    "launchAngle": 25.0,
    "hrCat": "Mostly Gone",
    "parksCleared": 29,
    "eventOutcome": "Double",
    "score": 373.4
  },
  "cheapestDong": {
    "eventKey": "2026-09-26|Patrick Bailey|Michael Wacha|342|95.0",
    "playId": "42268ae1-c860-3bc3-b798-1dbdbda8aa75",
    "gameDate": "2026-09-26",
    "batter": "Patrick Bailey",
    "batterId": 672275,
    "batterTeam": "CLE",
    "pitcher": "Michael Wacha",
    "pitcherId": 608379,
    "pitcherTeam": "KC",
    "distance": 342,
    "exitVelocity": 95.0,
    "launchAngle": 29.0,
    "hrCat": "Doubter",
    "parksCleared": 1,
    "eventOutcome": "Home Run",
    "score": 230.2
  },
  "sourceArchive": "public/data/daily-features-2026.json"
}