Having left Kansas City to sign with San Francisco, Nori Aoki walked up to new teammate Juan Perez in the Giants spring training clubhouse and offered a cheerful greeting. If not for Perez playing shallow and closer to the foul line than he typically would, Game 7 and the title might have gone differently for Aoki and the Royals last fall. With a runner on second base and one out, the left-handed-hitting Aoki came up against Madison Bumgarner and flared what appeared to be a sure tying double toward the left-field corner. Shaded over, Perez seemed to come out of nowhere to catch the ball with a half-dozen strides, only a few feet from the foul line.