Dropped Third Strike or not?

[jicecone]

Reference OBR 2.00 Definition of Ball. In summary, "if the pitch touches the ground and the batter swings at such pitch after two strikes, the ball can NOT be caught for the purposes of Rule 6.05c and 6.09b, which discuss a batter being out with a runner at first and less that tow outs, and a batter becoming a runner on a dropped third strike.