If an umpire has eyes good enough to say that the laces touched the batter....and is willing to stand by that then he's out. In a game that has replay, I'd have to think that if the laces touched the batter, he'd be ruled out. It's simple....don't allow the laces to be 6-8" long and hanging off the glove and this is never an issue....hard to believe that it's not been addressed