Normally, we try to set up a highlight, give you all the context, tell you why it's cool, all that stuff. But with this catch Jose Iglesias of the Detroit Tigers made during the third inning of Thursday's ALCS Game 5, we'll offer these four words:
Just watch. It's ridiculous.
You were like me, weren't you? You're watching that thinking, "There's no way he's going to get that." Then Iglesias swings out his arm and, good lord, he did it! Here's what my Twitter timeline looked like after the catch:
If you need more proof of Iglesias' defensive wizardry, watch this play from August:
Thursday night's catch was so good even David Ortiz — robbed of a bloop base hit — applauded on his way back to the dugout. We should all applaud. Go ahead. Do it.
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