Make that 35 years and I would agree. The worst calls were in two footbal games between Penn State and Alabama a few years apart when an official clearly hosed Bama. One on a sideline call in the end zone and the other on an endline call.
On the call tonight, I think the ball hit the ground first; but it sure looked like the ump punched out the batter and on that basis, he was out. Still, the catcher should have tagged him out since it was a close play.
Personally, I thought the runner was safe at home on the two base error by Vlad.
The ump was simply signaling "no contact" with his right arm extended and then "strike" with the closed pulled down fist, which was the same "mechanic" (i.e. impire's technique) he used throughout the game whether the third strike was caught or not. Of course, the Angels' catcher didn't even wait for the fist before running off the field and rolling the ball to the mound -- even though he knew that his glove had made contact with the dirt and that the umpire hadn't called "batter's out". That's really stupid and it may have even shocked the umpire into ruling a no-catch!