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Originally Posted by bob jenkins
There's some FED wording somewhere to the effect that "even if the defense blocks that part of the base the runner want to go to, it's not obstruction if the defense allows access to another part of the base."
Again, though, I think the FED did NOT do a very good job with this particular change.
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This is consistent with what Kyle McNeely told me, namely that if the fielder does not have the ball "the defense must allow access to the base, but not necessarily the runner's preferred access."
I interpret "access" to mean that the runner can reach the base with a hand or foot (whichever is sliding in). Both hands and feet are larger than 2.5", so if that's all the runner's getting we probably have OBS.