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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": "2026-09-30",
  "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": "c4e96b7e-c456-353c-87f5-f842ac592661",
    "gameDate": "2026-09-30",
    "batter": "Kyle Schwarber",
    "batterId": 656941,
    "batterTeam": "PHI",
    "pitcher": "Dylan Lee",
    "pitcherId": 669276,
    "pitcherTeam": "ATL",
    "distance": 447,
    "exitVelocity": 112.0,
    "launchAngle": 27.0,
    "hrCat": "No Doubter",
    "parksCleared": 30,
    "eventOutcome": "Home Run",
    "score": 486.7
  },
  "hotDogRobbery": {
    "eventKey": "2026-09-30|Fernando Tat\u00eds|Daniel Palencia|390|101.0",
    "playId": "bf4da40b-56cc-3309-ab93-bf6bb9c31995",
    "gameDate": "2026-09-30",
    "batter": "Fernando Tat\u00eds",
    "batterId": 665487,
    "batterTeam": "SD",
    "pitcher": "Daniel Palencia",
    "pitcherId": 694037,
    "pitcherTeam": "CHC",
    "distance": 390,
    "exitVelocity": 101.0,
    "launchAngle": 24.0,
    "hrCat": "Doubter",
    "parksCleared": 2,
    "eventOutcome": "Field Out",
    "score": 242.0
  },
  "cheapestDong": {
    "eventKey": "2026-09-30|Cody Bellinger|Garrett Whitlock|360|97.0",
    "playId": "82925653-391f-3826-b3da-6f9654f206db",
    "gameDate": "2026-09-30",
    "batter": "Cody Bellinger",
    "batterId": 641355,
    "batterTeam": "NYY",
    "pitcher": "Garrett Whitlock",
    "pitcherId": 676477,
    "pitcherTeam": "BOS",
    "distance": 360,
    "exitVelocity": 97.0,
    "launchAngle": 38.0,
    "hrCat": "Doubter",
    "parksCleared": 6,
    "eventOutcome": "Home Run",
    "score": 239.0
  },
  "sourceArchive": "public/data/daily-features-2026.json"
}