EXPERIENCE: When the Cypress All-Stars play in...

EXPERIENCE: When the Cypress All-Stars play in the Little League World Series semifinals, scheduled for today, weather permitting (C14), Charlie Phillips will know how they feel. . . . Phillips, baseball coach at Southern California College in Costa Mesa, played for the Bolsa All-Stars team from Santa Ana that lost in the 1968 semifinals. “I still remember that loss. It was devastating,” he says. . . . What can a coach say to ease the pain? “You tell them, ‘Even if you lost, you’re in the top four--fourth in the world!’ ”