ST. LOUIS -- From the outside looking in, it would've been easy to think a young Kolten Wong faced his biggest obstacles on the field.
Wong received harsh criticism as a 22-year-old rookie in 2013, after his first taste of the big leagues ended in unceremonious fashion. Pinch-running with St. Louis down two runs in the ninth inning, Wong was picked off to end Game 4 of a World Series the Cardinals would eventually lose in six to the Red Sox. His baserunning snafu became one of the series' indelible moments.