The opening pitch on a season which nearly wasn’t will be thrown at 6 p.m. Monday at Lamesa’s Bill Weaver Youth Sports Complex. Due to this spring’s coronavirus pandemic, Lamesa Cal Ripken President Rick Wallace noted it wasn’t until just recently that they knew they’d get to play this summer. “It basically came down to ‘yes’ or ‘no’ on the first day of this month as to whether or not our kids would be playing this summer,” Wallace said. “It seems like everybody’s glad that we’ve got it going. Everybody’s enjoying even practicing out there again. Everything’s good. We’re not completely out of ...