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cmatthew, I disagree.
The defense is prohibited from going up and ensuring that a ball "in the cylinder" does not going in, but the offense (under your interp) can go up and ensure it goes in. If it's not an obvious call, then the ball has as good a chance of not going in as it does of going in (or more). The theory behind only calling the obvious is that if you don't know whether it was in the cylinder, you shouldn't call it. If you don't know for sure if the guy traveled, you don't call it. And if you don't know for sure whether she carried it, you don't call it.
There is surely a big advantage gained by it, however, so I can't possibly see that as a valid reason. Not that it's not used, I just disagree with it.
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