dropped third strike

[Steve M]

KC,
See Rule 8, Section 4. Article 2r. This states that a runner, after reaching 1B, is out when she has OBVIOUSLY abandoned any effort to reach the next base. I do not see anything in Rule 7 - Batting - and Rule 8 begins by stating that the batter becomes a runner when... So we're talking about a runner here, we just usually refer to this particular person as the batter-runner. Anyway, this runner did not yet reach 1B, so the OBVIOUS abandonment is not in force here. I would apply the ASA standard that this runner must enter dead ball territory to be called out on a dropped 3rd strike.
We've got another regular poster here who is very good with Fed rules, Maybe Roger will have a correction or clarification on this play.