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Hochman: From Cardinals' Wong to the playoff MVPs, undersized second basemen are having a moment

And on the Nationals' side is another 5-foot-somethin' second baseman who won the LCS MVP. Cardinals fans recall the mashing of the Nationals' doubles machine, the 5-foot-10 Howie Kendrick. In the Game 3 Washington win (they all were Washington wins), he became just the fourth LCS player to hit three doubles in a game.

And of course, the 5-foot-9 Kolten Wong had perhaps the best Cardinals season of any non-pitcher. And he returned to October and twice tallied two RBIs in the NLDS, including the historic Game 5 win at Atlanta.