Third strike touching ground before before being caght by catcher

[jicecone]

"I guess I am not the only one including a couple of Michigan officials who were uncertain about the call."

In defense of those officials, sometimes that trap ball is not clearly seen by the PU, or heard from behind the catcher. I have worked games were it wasn't clear to me that it was a clean catch. In those cases I have had to rely on my partner to either help me out or leave me out to dry. In those situations, the PU definitely has the worst seat in the house.

Given that, I can understand the possibility of different calls.