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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": "2026-10-04",
  "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": "34c4ffb2-9bc5-3c04-9460-c9bc3b7b5b5f",
    "gameDate": "2026-10-04",
    "batter": "Freddie Freeman",
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    "batterTeam": "LAD",
    "pitcher": "Grant Holmes",
    "pitcherId": 656550,
    "pitcherTeam": "ATL",
    "distance": 375,
    "exitVelocity": 103.0,
    "launchAngle": 29.0,
    "hrCat": "Mostly Gone",
    "parksCleared": 28,
    "eventOutcome": "Home Run",
    "score": 368.5
  },
  "hotDogRobbery": {
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    "playId": "e5553d9f-f94e-37f0-ab0b-95a018000a40",
    "gameDate": "2026-10-04",
    "batter": "Fernando Tat\u00eds",
    "batterId": 665487,
    "batterTeam": "SD",
    "pitcher": "Trevor Megill",
    "pitcherId": 656730,
    "pitcherTeam": "MIL",
    "distance": 371,
    "exitVelocity": 99.0,
    "launchAngle": 31.0,
    "hrCat": "Doubter",
    "parksCleared": 4,
    "eventOutcome": "Field Out",
    "score": 240.1
  },
  "cheapestDong": {
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    "playId": "dd9910a4-56f7-3251-a5b4-d52f97558e8f",
    "gameDate": "2026-10-04",
    "batter": "Max Muncy",
    "batterId": 571970,
    "batterTeam": "LAD",
    "pitcher": "Didier Fuentes",
    "pitcherId": 800311,
    "pitcherTeam": "ATL",
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    "exitVelocity": 109.0,
    "launchAngle": 24.0,
    "hrCat": "Mostly Gone",
    "parksCleared": 27,
    "eventOutcome": "Home Run",
    "score": 375.7
  },
  "sourceArchive": "public/data/daily-features-2026.json"
}