Dan Bellino
Daniel Anthony Bellino is an American umpire in Major League Baseball.
Education
Bellino was a catcher for his high school, Loyola Academy in Wilmette, Illinois. He attended Northern Illinois University 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 Chicago, has 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. He was promoted to crew chief in 2023.On May 4, 2022 at LoanDepot Park, Bellino, umpiring first base, ejected Arizona Diamondbacks pitcher Madison Bumgarner from a game after the top of the first inning. Bellino stared down the pitcher and held his hand for an abnormally long time during a standard routine foreign substance check spot. During this check Bumgarner, who was looking down at his hand, looked up, noticed, and asked something. Bellino then ejected Bumgarner almost immediately, infuriating him, as he had to be restrained by bench coach Jeff Banister. It was the first time in Major League history that a pitcher was ejected during a foreign substance check in which the pitcher was neither accused nor had a sticky substance. Two days later, Bellino issued a public apology and faced undisclosed discipline from MLB. Bumgarner addressed Bellino's apology and said that it was not directed at him.
In 2025, Bellino became the president of the Major League Baseball Umpires Association.