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					Originally Posted by  AtlUmpSteve
					 
				 
				If the batter has not yet ended "batter" actions (nor even had a reasonable opportunity to have), then the rule applying only to a batter-runner shouldn't logically be applied. 
			
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 To be nitpicky, the batter becomes a batter-runner 
by rule on a dropped third strike, whether she's completed "batter actions" or not.