In the dirt or not?

[LDUB]

Originally posted by NDblue
It doesn't matter if the ball hit the dirt before it hit the catchers glove, it's still a swinging third strike out. If it had come out of the glove then hit the dirt, then this would have been a correct call. It was a cleanly caught ball, it wasn't a dropped 3rd strike. I'm an umpire and I usually side with my brothers in blue but this PU blew this call.

You might want to review what the definition of "in flight" is.