Martin Maldonado Rips Cover off of Baseball

Martin Maldonado hit what looked to be a routine grounder to third today against the Pirates. It was far from routine. Pedro Alvarez fielded the ball only to find that the cover had been ripped off.

This is what it looks like when you hit the cover off the ball pic.twitter.com/Sj9sDvxuU0

— Adam McCalvy (@AdamMcCalvy) April 19, 2014

This has got to be one of the stranger plays that we've seen this year.