ROBERT SIEGEL, HOST: It's not usually news when a baseball game is rained out. But yesterday in Southern California, a heavy downpour forced the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim to postpone a game against the Boston Red Sox.</s>MELISSA BLOCK, HOST: It was the first time in 20 years that the Angels had to send fans home wet and without a ballgame.</s>DAVID TUASON: There wasn't a drop in the sky when we arrived.</s>MELISSA BLOCK, HOST: Longtime fan David Tuason showed up two hours early, and then it started to drizzle.</s>DAVID TUASON: And then the rain started coming down harder and harder and harder.</s>ROBERT SIEGEL, HOST: This was a novelty for fans in Anaheim. Some went out to feel the rain on their faces, and some got inventive. Fans huddled in covered areas, leaving the stadium seats empty.</s>MELISSA BLOCK, HOST: Then, two-and-a-half hours after the game was supposed to start, they heard this announcement; there would be no ballgame.</s>DAVID TUASON: The collective groan was, let's try to play, let's stay a little longer because it was still daylight out.</s>ROBERT SIEGEL, HOST: Still, this cloud has a silver lining. California is in the grip of a terrible drought, and David Tuason says he welcomed the rain and an Angels-Red Sox rematch.</s>DAVID TUASON: For the first time before a game in Los Angeles, I looked at the forecast this morning (laughter).</s>MELISSA BLOCK, HOST: The outlook - partly cloudy with a 100 percent chance of a doubleheader.
The Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim were supposed to play the Boston Red Sox on Sunday night. Instead, the Angels experienced their first rainout at a home game in 20 years.