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You put your catcher in a very bad situation. By asking that question you're, in effect, arguing balls and strikes. Or, simply put, trying to show up the umpire in public. If the umpire calls "ball", you ask you're catcher "where was that pitch?", and your catcher replys "right down the middle" then what? If you need that information, request time and talk to your battery.
When that question comes up when I've got the plate, I'll tell the catcher if he wants his manager to stay in the game don't answer that. If the manager seems insistant, I'll have a private word with him. Now, if on a changer over a manager wants to know where his pitcher is missing I'll be glad to tell him. Just not a shouted demand from the dugout.
Should the umpire have said what he said? Probably not. But that doesn't excuse the first question.
Kyle
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