The Reds had lost the first two games of the series, and six hours of rain delayed the finale Sunday.
Considering a forecast that called for two hours of rain, then clearing, the Yankees held back Pettitte to pitch five uninterrupted innings after the expected shower.
Give Mr Obama some credit, too, for sitting outside through two hours of rain and Delhi smog, to watch a parade of mostly Soviet and Russian military hardware.
RAYMOND IN SEMIFINALS: Lisa Raymond endured five hours of rain delays before winning her quarterfinal match against Elena Likhovtseva at the DFS Classic yesterday in Birmingham, England.
Jason Giambi and Asdrubal Cabrera hit two-run homers in the game, which began about 10 hours after a contest between the teams that ended at 2 53 a.m. because of nearly five hours of rain delays.
It was a final that will be remembered for long, tough, exhilarating rallies, some amazing winners and impossible saves, many of them by the loser, in three hours 42 minutes of pulsating fortunes, interrupted by nearly two hours of rain.
In 1999, DuPuy recalled, Cincinnati waited through nearly six hours of rain delays before beating Milwaukee after midnight in the regular-season finale, then flew home for a one-game playoff the next day against the Mets.
The devastation wrought by just two hours of rain was shocking.
After eight hours of rain locally, and extensive rains in the Ethiopian highlands, the deluge was too much for the rivers to hold.
Tim Morrin, a meteorologist with the weather service's Brookhaven office, said two to three more hours of rain was expected, with some heavy downpours, adding as much as a half-inch to accumulations.
