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Originally posted by Mattinglyfan
So it was my fault and the umpire was justified in his actions
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Yes and no.
There are two issues here, your behavior and the umpire's behavior. If both were as you described, both were wrong.
Since you can't control anyone but yourself, let's work on yours.
Even if we are to believe you had absolutely no intention of questioning the umpire's call, if you are asking your catcher where the pitch was loud enough for the catcher to hear it, fans can hear it and at the very least you will appear to be showing up the umpire, or even worse, asking your catcher to show up the umpire.
Let's be honest there is nothing the catcher is going to tell you that will allow you do anything. Given that, you could have waited for the change of sides to talk with your catcher, privately. Instead, you chose, knowingly or not, to give the impression that you were challenging the umpire's calls. Bad form.
As I've tried to teach my kids, when you work on the person's behavior you can control, your own, you'll be suprised at the impact it has on the behavior of others.