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The calling official should be the one deciding where the ball is to be thrown in, as he/she decided where the foul happened.
However, I can see the official making the call, and messing up where the throw-in should be. In this case, I'm betting the calling official told his partner where the foul occurred, and the partner told him the throw-in should be on the side... not on the baseline.
From how you describe it, the throw-in being on the sideline is right. The ball would only be thrown in on the baseline if the foul occurred in the lane, in the semi-circle, or in one of the triangles on either side of the lane (created by drawing a line from the elbow to the nearest corner).
The problem here is that the official should have let you know that the spot of the throw-in was being changed.
I guess the only way to avoid this from possibly happening in the future is to know the rule, and ask "are you sure, as the rule states that...?".
That sucks... sorry.
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