Daniel Anthony Bellino (born October 10, 1978) is an American

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Education

Bellino was a catcher for his high school, Loyola Academy in

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. He attended

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and managed the men's basketball team under Head Coach Brian Hammel. During his studies at the NIU College of Business, Dan was selected and attended a semester at Oxford University in England. He holds a J.D. from the University of Illinois at Chicago, an MBA from the Brennan School of Business, and has passed the Illinois bar exam.

Umpiring career

Bellino has umpired Major League Baseball games since the 2008 season. On May 4, 2022, Bellino ejected

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pitcher Madison Bumgarner from a game after the top of the first inning. Just before the ejection, Bumgarner appeared to have become frustrated after Bellino stared down the pitcher and held his hand for an abnormally long time during a foreign substance check. Bellino's conduct seemed to stem from Bellino's unhappiness with Bumgarner in the prior half-inning. Two days later, Bellino issued a public apology and faced undisclosed discipline from the MLB.

Outside baseball

Bellino worked for the law firm of Morici, Figioli & Associates and served as an aide for federal judge

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before attending umpire school. Holding both

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(JD) and MBA degrees, Bellino's terminal

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research paper concerned the major league umpire union and 1999 umpires' strike. In 2008, Dan and his father Tony acquired the RE/MAX Superior Properties office in Huntley, Illinois. Currently, he manages a suburban law firm and serves as "of counsel" for the international law firm Lowis & Gellen LLP based in Chicago, IL. Bellino also owns and manages Elite Extremity MRI of Wisconsin.

Personal life

He lives in

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Retrieved 2017-02-28. with his wife and their four children. Dan's oldest son is named after his brother, who died unexpectedly during Dan's childhood.

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