ARLINGTON, Tex. — A week or so after it ended, after a pop-up landed in the paws of a Panda, Lorenzo Cain came out of hibernation. He wanted to see the postseason again, to relive the joy ride of the Kansas City Royals. In a way, he still is.

“I always think about it — maybe I could have gotten an extra hit or made an extra catch or something,” said Cain, the Royals’ center fielder. “You always play it in your mind.”

Until January, Cain said, he never went a week without rewatching a game, still amazed that the Royals sprinted all the way to Game 7 of the World Series, tying run at third base, two outs in the bottom of the ninth. It gave Cain chills, he said, but it always ended the same way, with Pablo Sandoval squeezing Salvador Perez’s foul ball and the San Francisco Giants celebrating a title.