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You handled it poorly. Do not give ultimatums, period. I'm not sure what point you wanted to get across anyway - let him tell his pitcher to just throw meatballs down the middle if it makes him happy.
1. The first time a catcher turns around to ask you where a pitch was, tell him where it was, then when he turns back around, kindly ask him to simply work with you by talking while facing forward. You want to work together, not against each other. He can just ask "where'd you have that" while facing forward like everyone else does.
2. If he isn't receptive to the info you're giving him and he wants to interpret it as requiring the ball to be down the middle, that's fine. Not every catcher knows how to work with an umpire, and if they don't want to, you can't make them.
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