In the world of little-kid sports, "playing your best game" is the only mantra chanted by parents en route to the court or field, right? Right. It's not if you win or lose--but, then, why are we keeping score? Because if you play your best and your best is better than the other team's best, you should win. It's that' simple. The world of sports is the one place where the relationship between cause and effect has not been disfigured by psychology, social work, and other forms of do-gooder confusion. You play well, you win. You do your best but lose and you have the comfort of knowing you tried hard--and the discomfort of knowing someone else's best effort produced better results. So you have to try harder. I don't get sports, but I do get that, and I like it. Good kids can lose and it's okay. Good kids can lose but try harder and make a come back and win. And it's okay. In fact, it's wonderful. And that, finally, is what happened for