Amanda Lane Cumming
@amandalc.bsky.social
I write about baseball. Lookout Landing alum. 2021 SABR Award Finalist. I read a lot of old newspapers. Can solve a Rubik’s Cube. She/Her. Aries ☀️ Aquarius 🌙 Cancer ⬆️ Tacoman
Newsletter on all things PNW baseball history: https://www.nwbaseballhistory.com
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Amanda Lane Cumming
@amandalc.bsky.social
· Sep 25
A Brief History of How the West Was Won
From 19 long years of frustration to a 24-year drought, a celebration of Seattle Mariners division championships.
www.nwbaseballhistory.com
Had so much fun winning the West last night I went back and relived the other three times the Mariners have won the American League West Division Championship. It's a brief history, but a fun history!
I also love this picture so much, there was no question which one would be the main photo!
I also love this picture so much, there was no question which one would be the main photo!
Thinking about the Thanksgiving when everyone showed up at my parent‘s house and, instead of watching football like usual, my dad was watching a West Wing marathon on tv and kept shooshing everyone when people started talking 😂
November 27, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Thinking about the Thanksgiving when everyone showed up at my parent‘s house and, instead of watching football like usual, my dad was watching a West Wing marathon on tv and kept shooshing everyone when people started talking 😂
Update: Pumpkin ice cream is perfect!
10 year old said it’s her 2nd favorite ice cream of all time. 7 year old said we could sell it for $100 😂
10 year old said it’s her 2nd favorite ice cream of all time. 7 year old said we could sell it for $100 😂
November 27, 2025 at 3:52 AM
Update: Pumpkin ice cream is perfect!
10 year old said it’s her 2nd favorite ice cream of all time. 7 year old said we could sell it for $100 😂
10 year old said it’s her 2nd favorite ice cream of all time. 7 year old said we could sell it for $100 😂
Unfortunately, relatable 😂
Me planning my menu: Haha fuck yeah!!! Yes!!
Me prepping and making all the food on the menu: Well this fucking sucks. What the fuck.
Me prepping and making all the food on the menu: Well this fucking sucks. What the fuck.
November 27, 2025 at 3:10 AM
Unfortunately, relatable 😂
Been procrastinating on peeling apples all day. Considering that I should invest in one of those spinning peeler things.
November 27, 2025 at 12:43 AM
Been procrastinating on peeling apples all day. Considering that I should invest in one of those spinning peeler things.
Time to bust out the cranberry sauce spoon.
November 26, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Time to bust out the cranberry sauce spoon.
No, no, it’s fine actually. Because a bunch of trustworthy randos did, like, a lot of their own research, which they present in snappily edited videos on Instagram and TikTok. Lifesaver for busy parents! They only spend 7 minutes on this stuff in medical school, you know.
Pediatricians say vaccines do not cause autism. A bear-eating heroin addict who fantasizes about sucking his own semen out of his lovers' orifices says they do. For busy parents, it can be hard to know who to trust.
November 26, 2025 at 9:52 PM
No, no, it’s fine actually. Because a bunch of trustworthy randos did, like, a lot of their own research, which they present in snappily edited videos on Instagram and TikTok. Lifesaver for busy parents! They only spend 7 minutes on this stuff in medical school, you know.
We have the breads.
November 26, 2025 at 8:58 PM
We have the breads.
I like making bread because every step feels like magic.
November 26, 2025 at 8:33 PM
I like making bread because every step feels like magic.
We are already planning on 4 desserts, but I just ran across a recipe for a pumpkin spice latte pie that looks incredible, and I think there may be room for one more?
November 26, 2025 at 1:48 AM
We are already planning on 4 desserts, but I just ran across a recipe for a pumpkin spice latte pie that looks incredible, and I think there may be room for one more?
The pumpkin ice cream has been churned and is freezing as we speak! I’ve been stressing about this for weeks! So fingers crossed it’s okay. I do think it’ll be better than my first attempt, but I’m concerned it might be too pumpkiny. We’ll see after it freezes.
November 26, 2025 at 1:21 AM
The pumpkin ice cream has been churned and is freezing as we speak! I’ve been stressing about this for weeks! So fingers crossed it’s okay. I do think it’ll be better than my first attempt, but I’m concerned it might be too pumpkiny. We’ll see after it freezes.
If we’re going have discourse about apple pie, it should be about the necessity of cooking the apples BEFORE you put them in the pie.
November 25, 2025 at 8:39 PM
If we’re going have discourse about apple pie, it should be about the necessity of cooking the apples BEFORE you put them in the pie.
Let the games begin!
November 25, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Let the games begin!
I’m not addressing the rest of this, but now I have a vision of setting out the dessert spread, turning down the lights, clearing my throat, and announcing that in honor of this most family-est of holidays I will be reading “Daddy” by Sylvia Plath.
This is so soulless, I can't stand it. We have BRAINS. We can USE THEM.
November 25, 2025 at 7:01 PM
I’m not addressing the rest of this, but now I have a vision of setting out the dessert spread, turning down the lights, clearing my throat, and announcing that in honor of this most family-est of holidays I will be reading “Daddy” by Sylvia Plath.
Kinda enjoying that this week Monday is Monday and Tuesday is Friday.
November 25, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Kinda enjoying that this week Monday is Monday and Tuesday is Friday.
It’s really dumb that you’re supposed to wash your sheets every week because it’s the worst, most tedious chore and I don’t like it. I’m motivated purely by not wanting to be gross, but sometimes I consider being gross because changing sheets sucks so bad. But I do it anyway.
November 25, 2025 at 4:16 AM
It’s really dumb that you’re supposed to wash your sheets every week because it’s the worst, most tedious chore and I don’t like it. I’m motivated purely by not wanting to be gross, but sometimes I consider being gross because changing sheets sucks so bad. But I do it anyway.
All these videos I keep seeing of people making rolls and bread into the shape of turkeys, it gives me the ick. I don’t want turkey-shaped bread please.
November 25, 2025 at 1:44 AM
All these videos I keep seeing of people making rolls and bread into the shape of turkeys, it gives me the ick. I don’t want turkey-shaped bread please.
Today I am thankful for the spreadsheets I have made over the last few years that are making Thanksgiving prep easy peasy despite my lack of excitement and executive functioning. I make a lot of spreadsheets to help my brain. Sometimes they work, sometimes they don't. I'm very happy this is working!
November 24, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Today I am thankful for the spreadsheets I have made over the last few years that are making Thanksgiving prep easy peasy despite my lack of excitement and executive functioning. I make a lot of spreadsheets to help my brain. Sometimes they work, sometimes they don't. I'm very happy this is working!
And now to brave the world and go Thanksgiving shopping, whether I want to or not. And I don’t. But it must be done.
November 24, 2025 at 4:25 PM
And now to brave the world and go Thanksgiving shopping, whether I want to or not. And I don’t. But it must be done.
Every year many people express their hatred for Thanksgiving food, and I’m telling you, the solution is to simply make food that tastes good.
November 24, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Every year many people express their hatred for Thanksgiving food, and I’m telling you, the solution is to simply make food that tastes good.
One of the things that makes me think I might be doing kinda okay at this parenting thing is coming downstairs in the morning and finding both kids engrossed in reading a book ♥️
Even the kid who don’t care much for reading has gotten really into this year and it’s so delightful to see.
Even the kid who don’t care much for reading has gotten really into this year and it’s so delightful to see.
November 24, 2025 at 3:27 PM
One of the things that makes me think I might be doing kinda okay at this parenting thing is coming downstairs in the morning and finding both kids engrossed in reading a book ♥️
Even the kid who don’t care much for reading has gotten really into this year and it’s so delightful to see.
Even the kid who don’t care much for reading has gotten really into this year and it’s so delightful to see.
I have read too many old newspapers today, but I can't stop!
November 23, 2025 at 11:50 PM
I have read too many old newspapers today, but I can't stop!
Hold on. The players had to answer the phone in the clubhouse?!
(News Tribune, May 31, 1995)
(News Tribune, May 31, 1995)
November 23, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Hold on. The players had to answer the phone in the clubhouse?!
(News Tribune, May 31, 1995)
(News Tribune, May 31, 1995)
How can you not be romantic about baseball?
November 23, 2025 at 10:13 PM
How can you not be romantic about baseball?
The origin story of Lou Piniella not liking pitchers 😂
(News Tribune, July 10, 1994)
(News Tribune, July 10, 1994)
November 23, 2025 at 8:39 PM
The origin story of Lou Piniella not liking pitchers 😂
(News Tribune, July 10, 1994)
(News Tribune, July 10, 1994)
I now have a vision of Jay Buhner tucking in baby Alex Rodriguez, both wearing their full uniforms, of course. Adorbs. Should have been a Mariners commercial.
(Seattle Times, July 28, 1996)
(Seattle Times, July 28, 1996)
November 23, 2025 at 8:28 PM
I now have a vision of Jay Buhner tucking in baby Alex Rodriguez, both wearing their full uniforms, of course. Adorbs. Should have been a Mariners commercial.
(Seattle Times, July 28, 1996)
(Seattle Times, July 28, 1996)