MLB.com won’t let me (or anyone else) embed video, so you have to check it out here. Definitely worth your click-through, though. The catch is being compared to Willie Mays over-the-shoulder catch in the 1954 World Series. Two differences from what I can see:
1. Willie Mays’ catch was only half of what made that play amazing. The throw which followed it -- which kept Larry Doby at third base despite the fact that Wertz’s ball was hit approximately a gajillion feet -- was just as impressive; and
2. Mays didn’t do a fancy little hop right before catching the ball. If he had, we’d probably view his legacy in a whole new light.
Not that I’m taking away from Ichiro. That was a great catch. Real baseball is almost here, my brothers and sisters.