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Sometimes, there are no shortcuts. Yesterday, weather.com apparently dropped its pages that provided forecasts for all MLB games on a single page. That page and many of its embedded links were integral reference points for the Weather Dashboard program on DailyBaseballData.com. So, in order to restore the dashboard, I had to develop some of the weather info – including wind speed and direction – from available raw data. And knowing that the wind in Pittsburgh will be from the southeast is simply data, not information – unless I also know how the stadium is oriented (vis a vis compass direction). So I’ve spent a fair amount time over the past 24 hours looking at satellite photos of all non-domed MLB stadiums in order to assess their orientation relative to north. Thank you, Google maps! Without that resource, this would have been a much more laborious undertaking – although a couple of the satellite images pre-dated new stadium construction for the Yankees and Twins, so discerning those orientations required some extra sleuthing.