The first “Play ball!” can be heard in Tucumcari today as the Quay County Little League begins its season.

Formal opening ceremonies begin at 10 a.m. and the games start at noon.

Nineteen teams have signed up for the season.

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Elaine Howell of Clovis has “vacillated between anger and astonishment,” since reading Glenda Bly’s slam on Democrats in last Sunday’s Clovis paper.

So this week it’s Howell’s turn.

Carolyn Spence also has a political letter we’ll publish in Sunday’s CNJ.

Both letters will be posted online late Saturday or early Sunday.