Meet Our Members – Amie Cuevas
Let me introduce myself… Growing up, I loved to write, take pictures, and capture moments. I also had a fledgling love of baseball. As a kid, I liked the games we would go to at Dodger Stadium. Even though I never got to play seriously, I enjoyed being on casual summer league
softball teams and especially going to the batting cages. Fast-forward, I still go to the batting cages, and my love has evolved into full-blown baseball fandom. I am a season ticket holder who goes to upwards of forty games a year and revels in settling into her seat with a scorecard
and transistor radio to get lost in the game. Baseball saved me as I went through some pretty rough times, yet it also brought some of the most amazing people I know into it. It is a great unifier for so many reasons.
I am one of those lucky diehard Dodger fans who turned my love of the game into a budding baseball career. In 2020, while most fans were figuring out what to do with their baseball withdrawals, I started writing about the team, eventually covering the Dodgers from the Press Box by writing game coverage for a local blogger. By 2023, a chance meeting with a seasoned reporter found me shifting my skillset. I started doing player features and guest hosting on television and online for a local cable show called Playing The Field. Media continues to evolve, so I dipped my toe into the podcasting world and now get to talk baseball with my co-host on our podcast called Baseball Shangri-L.A. every week.
As a woman in baseball, wearing a fan or a media hat, I gravitated to the International Women’s Baseball Center and the Society for American Baseball Research. Being a member of both organizations has truly enriched my life. The IWBC gives me a place where I belong – where people understand the love of the game and the gatekeeping we are still working to overcome. I get to be a part of the solution and give back. I currently serve as the Newsletter Co-Chair for SABR’s Women in Baseball Committee and help out where I can as I learn more about the IWBC and the communities they serve. As a Latina who grew up in Southern California, I could have never imagined that my passion and love for Dodger baseball would lead me where it has so far, and I am excited for whatever comes next.