The question hasn�t been posed to Kolten Wong as often this offseason as it was last year. For Wong, the question never gets old.

How did it feel to hit a walk-off home run in the Game 2 of the 2014 NLCS against the San Francisco Giants?

�It�s never something you get tired of talking about,� Wong, the St. Louis Cardinals� second baseman, said Saturday during the Cardinals Caravan stop at The Crossing church in Columbia. �It was definitely a thing that I�ll remember for the rest of my life and something that definitely helped my progression, because it gave me the confidence that I needed.�

The Caravan also stopped in Jefferson City on Friday and continued to Fulton on Saturday evening. Joining Wong were pitcher Tyler Lyons, infielder Dean Anna, minor league infielder Jacob Wilson, assistant general manager Michael Girsch, scouting director Randy Flores and former Cardinal pitcher Kyle McClellan.

Wong received the loudest ovation from fans assembled at The Crossing when McClellan, who served as emcee, introduced the group.

Wong, who debuted with the Cardinals in 2013, is coming off a career-best season. He played in 150 games and posted career highs in batting average (.262), on-base percentage (.321), RBI (61) and doubles (28), among other categories. He hit 11 home runs.

He�s shown a knack for postseason heroics. His 2014 NLCS blast in the bottom of the ninth inning lifted St. Louis to a 5-4 victory at Busch Stadium. The homer probably would stand out even more in the annals of Cardinals history had St. Louis not lost the series in five games. Wong joined Ozzie Smith, Jim Edmonds and David Freese as the only Cardinals to ever hit a walk-off home run in a postseason game.

Wong hit three home runs during the 2014 postseason and another against the Chicago Cubs in the 2015 NLDS, which the Cardinals dropped in four games.

Wong said he has learned throughout his career that less is more. His homers tend to come when he goes to the plate just looking for a base hit, rather than a big fly.

Last year, Wong traveled with the Caravan contingent to Memphis, Tenn., and the surrounding area. This weekend was his first time making the Caravan circuit through Mid-Missouri. He enjoyed seeing the Missouri State Capitol � �It was cool. I didn�t even know where the state capital was, to be honest,� Wong said � and meeting Gov. Jay Nixon on Friday.

The Hilo, Hawaii, native sat at The Crossing with a tall red Cardinals stocking cap perched on his head. He wasn�t cold, he said, he was fashionable. The same is true on the golf course. Wong claimed to the team�s worst golfer but its best-dressed player on the course.

He�s not afraid to show some swagger on the field, either. He broke out the �Nae Nae� dance move, made popular by the 2015 Silento song �Watch Me,� after hitting a two-run double during a July game against the Cubs. He unleashed the �Whip,� another dance move in the song, after hitting a double during the NLDS.

What he�d like to show is more consistency. Wong was batting .318 after two months last season before his average dipped.

�I would let some of the highs get too high sometimes, and some of my low points, I would let that bother me too much, instead of understanding that this is a failure game,� Wong said. �Regardless of how good or bad you do, if you keep that even keel, it�s going to keep your game kind of at that even keel.�

Although not always the most sure-handed fielder, Wong has shown exceptional range. His Range score of 5.3 last season tied for second among MLB second baseman. Wong credits that to his playing football and running track growing up. He was a three-time 1,000-yard rusher at Kamehameha High School, along with being a baseball standout.

�My dad always told me he wanted me to play as much sports as I can, because he didn�t want me to get burned out playing one sport,� Wong said. �Doing that definitely gave me a lot more body control.�

Lyons was making his second Mid-Missouri Caravan tour, having also passed through here in 2014.

While a pitcher at Oklahoma State, Lyons played against Missouri at Taylor Stadium. He recalled a 2008 series in Columbia in which the Cowboys took two of three games from Missouri, which was then ranked No. 4. Future major leaguer Aaron Crow pitched a complete game to lead Missouri to a Game 1 victory. Lyons responded with a complete-game victory in Game 2, and the Cowboys roughed up future major leaguer Kyle Gibson in Game 3 to claim the series.

�It was a good series, a great crowd and a lot of fun,� Lyons said. �I do remember that time very, very well.�

Lyons split time between St. Louis and Triple-A Memphis last season. He�s a candidate to pitch out of either the starting rotation or the bullpen.

As for Anna, he�d like to make it onto the Cardinals� roster after spending most of last season with Memphis. Anna is from Mokena, Ill., located about 35 miles southwest of Chicago. He grew up a Cubs fan.

�I get a couple things said to me about that, but I can�t change family values,� Anna said. �That�s how we grew up, and that was it. But I�m definitely happy to be a Cardinal.�

His parents have gotten on board, too.

�It�s weird seeing my mom and dad wearing Cardinal hoodies around,� Anna said. �My dad, he�s a diehard Cubs fan, but he�s like, �I don�t care. I�m a Cardinal fan now.� �

Despite the Cardinals winning 100 games and a third straight division title last season, the Cubs are the trendy pick to win the NL Central.

�Everybody seems to pick the Cubs,� McClellan said in his opening remarks to fans. �It�s interesting. They�re picking them to win the NL Central. They�re picking them to win the World Series. I think I even heard someone pick them to win the presidential race.�

McClellan reminded fans he was wearing a 2011 World Series ring bearing the Cardinals logo and that Flores wore a 2006 World Series ring from his time as a Cardinal reliever.

�Nobody in this room has ever seen a World Championship ring with a Cubs logo on it, I promise you that,� McClellan told fans, eliciting a round of applause. �The Cubs are going to be good, but I think it�s surely going to be at least another hundred years before we have to worry about a World Series ring with their logo on it.�