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
Newsletter on all things PNW baseball history: https://www.nwbaseballhistory.com
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 😂
Now THAT is an apple pie!
November 27, 2025 at 3:36 AM
Now THAT is an apple pie!
Update, I have peeled, cored, and sliced approximately 800 apples so there will be apple pie tomorrow after all. Crisis averted.
And yes, all of these apples are for one pie because I am pre-cooking them, which makes the pie better AND means there’s room for more apples in the pie. Win win.
And yes, all of these apples are for one pie because I am pre-cooking them, which makes the pie better AND means there’s room for more apples in the pie. Win win.
November 27, 2025 at 2:12 AM
Update, I have peeled, cored, and sliced approximately 800 apples so there will be apple pie tomorrow after all. Crisis averted.
And yes, all of these apples are for one pie because I am pre-cooking them, which makes the pie better AND means there’s room for more apples in the pie. Win win.
And yes, all of these apples are for one pie because I am pre-cooking them, which makes the pie better AND means there’s room for more apples in the pie. Win win.
Time to bust out the cranberry sauce spoon.
November 26, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Time to bust out the cranberry sauce spoon.
We have the breads.
November 26, 2025 at 8:58 PM
We have the breads.
Snapping some ginger to make cookies for the cranberry pie crust and, hopefully, pumpkin ice cream. It’s all happening.
November 25, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Snapping some ginger to make cookies for the cranberry pie crust and, hopefully, pumpkin ice cream. It’s all happening.
Let the games begin!
November 25, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Let the games begin!
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)
This is common wording, and I guess it was fine in 1995, but this wording continues unabated to this day. I guess headline writers are much more mature than I am, which isn't a high bar to clear, but good for them.
November 23, 2025 at 11:15 PM
This is common wording, and I guess it was fine in 1995, but this wording continues unabated to this day. I guess headline writers are much more mature than I am, which isn't a high bar to clear, but good for them.
Even in olden times, baseball was the horniest sport!
November 23, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Even in olden times, baseball was the horniest sport!
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)
Starting a new series called "Alex Rodriguez and the Technology of the '90s". This is from his first spring training in 1994 and is very sweet. I hope he called his mom back right away so she wouldn't worry.
(Seattle Times, February 23, 1994)
(Seattle Times, February 23, 1994)
November 23, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Starting a new series called "Alex Rodriguez and the Technology of the '90s". This is from his first spring training in 1994 and is very sweet. I hope he called his mom back right away so she wouldn't worry.
(Seattle Times, February 23, 1994)
(Seattle Times, February 23, 1994)
Sure. This seems totally normally. Nothing to see here. Draft a guy, correspond via fax machines. It's the 90s! Technology!
(News Tribune, August 23, 1993)
(News Tribune, August 23, 1993)
November 23, 2025 at 5:49 AM
Sure. This seems totally normally. Nothing to see here. Draft a guy, correspond via fax machines. It's the 90s! Technology!
(News Tribune, August 23, 1993)
(News Tribune, August 23, 1993)
Pitchers were built different in the 90s, but also, Randy Johnson was built different in any decade. NBD, just a couple 140 pitch outings with a 34 pitch relief appearance in between. The modern baseball mind cannot comprehend this 😂
(The News Tribune, August 23, 1993)
(The News Tribune, August 23, 1993)
November 23, 2025 at 5:42 AM
Pitchers were built different in the 90s, but also, Randy Johnson was built different in any decade. NBD, just a couple 140 pitch outings with a 34 pitch relief appearance in between. The modern baseball mind cannot comprehend this 😂
(The News Tribune, August 23, 1993)
(The News Tribune, August 23, 1993)
I'd somehow never noticed this in Lou Piniella's biography before, but this made me laugh. Perfect Lou content.
November 23, 2025 at 3:38 AM
I'd somehow never noticed this in Lou Piniella's biography before, but this made me laugh. Perfect Lou content.
And there we are again when nobody had to know,
You kept me like a secret, but I kept you like an oath,
Sacred prayer and we'd swear
To remember it all too well
You kept me like a secret, but I kept you like an oath,
Sacred prayer and we'd swear
To remember it all too well
November 23, 2025 at 1:30 AM
And there we are again when nobody had to know,
You kept me like a secret, but I kept you like an oath,
Sacred prayer and we'd swear
To remember it all too well
You kept me like a secret, but I kept you like an oath,
Sacred prayer and we'd swear
To remember it all too well
Sometimes I like to flip through old newspaper and go down weird rabbit holes, and here's one. This was a 6-day contest to see if men could eventually run further than horses because people were obsessed with the idea. Spoiler: Pinafore won by going 557 miles.
(Puget Sound Mail, Oct 25, 1879)
(Puget Sound Mail, Oct 25, 1879)
November 22, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Sometimes I like to flip through old newspaper and go down weird rabbit holes, and here's one. This was a 6-day contest to see if men could eventually run further than horses because people were obsessed with the idea. Spoiler: Pinafore won by going 557 miles.
(Puget Sound Mail, Oct 25, 1879)
(Puget Sound Mail, Oct 25, 1879)
I love olden times medical advice. Soak your feet in powdered mustard to draw the blood from your head. Sure!
I shouldn't joke though because people are actually promoting this stuff on the internet in modern times. Le sigh.
(The Puget Sound Mail, October 18, 1879)
I shouldn't joke though because people are actually promoting this stuff on the internet in modern times. Le sigh.
(The Puget Sound Mail, October 18, 1879)
November 22, 2025 at 8:30 PM
I love olden times medical advice. Soak your feet in powdered mustard to draw the blood from your head. Sure!
I shouldn't joke though because people are actually promoting this stuff on the internet in modern times. Le sigh.
(The Puget Sound Mail, October 18, 1879)
I shouldn't joke though because people are actually promoting this stuff on the internet in modern times. Le sigh.
(The Puget Sound Mail, October 18, 1879)
One of the many reasons I'd rather live now than in olden times is I can't imagine going for a stroll on the beach dressed like this! The wind, the sand, the many layers of petticoats into which the sand will settle.
(Westport South Beach Historical Society, postcard from 1921)
(Westport South Beach Historical Society, postcard from 1921)
November 22, 2025 at 7:58 PM
One of the many reasons I'd rather live now than in olden times is I can't imagine going for a stroll on the beach dressed like this! The wind, the sand, the many layers of petticoats into which the sand will settle.
(Westport South Beach Historical Society, postcard from 1921)
(Westport South Beach Historical Society, postcard from 1921)
I don't know why, but I find olden times advertisements very amusing. RACES AND SPORTS!
There's also a lot going on with the race horse names!
(Seattle P-I, August 7, 1878)
There's also a lot going on with the race horse names!
(Seattle P-I, August 7, 1878)
November 21, 2025 at 7:34 PM
I don't know why, but I find olden times advertisements very amusing. RACES AND SPORTS!
There's also a lot going on with the race horse names!
(Seattle P-I, August 7, 1878)
There's also a lot going on with the race horse names!
(Seattle P-I, August 7, 1878)
Very excited to get this book, and I just got to the part with the trick or treaters and the razor and wanted to scream with delight. Just so many tiny, little deeply funny pieces, like the first book.
There’s also something darkly funny to be about getting a cover blurb via X (formerly Twitter)
There’s also something darkly funny to be about getting a cover blurb via X (formerly Twitter)
November 21, 2025 at 4:23 AM
Very excited to get this book, and I just got to the part with the trick or treaters and the razor and wanted to scream with delight. Just so many tiny, little deeply funny pieces, like the first book.
There’s also something darkly funny to be about getting a cover blurb via X (formerly Twitter)
There’s also something darkly funny to be about getting a cover blurb via X (formerly Twitter)
I also enjoyed these little mushrooms growing out of the moss on this rock. And then I had the line “And moss grows fat on a rolling stone, but that’s not how it used to be” for the rest of the day.
November 20, 2025 at 1:18 AM
I also enjoyed these little mushrooms growing out of the moss on this rock. And then I had the line “And moss grows fat on a rolling stone, but that’s not how it used to be” for the rest of the day.