HAMDEN, Conn. (AP) — Khaden Bennett's 23 points helped Quinnipiac defeat Sacred Heart 83-73 on Sunday. Bennett added five rebounds for the Bobcats (5-5, 2-0 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference). Amarri Tice added 19 points while shooting 6 for 16 (2 for 11 from 3-point range) and 5 of 5 from the free-throw line while they also had five rebounds and eight steals. Paul Otieno shot 5 of 9 from the field and 2 of 4 from the free-throw line to finish with 12 points, while adding three blocks. Amiri Stewart led the Pioneers (4-6, 1-1) in scoring, finishing with 18 points, eight rebounds and three steals. Anquan Hill added 15 points for Sacred Heart. Bryce Johnson also had 11 points. Quinnipiac plays Tuesday against Holy Cross at home, and Sacred Heart hosts Albany (NY) on Wednesday. The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar .Like all companies, Teladoc Health ( TDOC 2.16% ) will need to evolve a lot over the next three years. The days of the telehealth operator's peak hype are now firmly in the past. It's up to management to deliver good returns to the shareholders through prudent execution of its core strategy, rather than marketing alone. What will that look like in practice, and what should investors be on the lookout for? Let's examine a pair of scenarios and map out this business' future. Will the company's direction change? There are two main possibilities for where Teladoc will be in late 2027. In one of those scenarios, the business will spend the next couple of years consolidating its market share in telehealth, seeking to shore up an ecosystem of services that subscribers and insurers will find beneficial to participate in, instead of defecting to a competitor. While rolling out a few new services will likely be necessary for ongoing growth in its subscriber base and its revenue, the main focus will be on building up a competitive advantage via the economies of scale it may have in delivering telehealth. Teladoc would thus seek to retain its large volume of recurring revenue from monthly payments from its members, and seek to upsell them on additional offerings for additional fees. It might also find some growth by fully realizing its strategy to create virtual primary healthcare service, as well as its chronic care management service. Smoothly integrating data from a patient's medical records and at-home medical sensors may become competitive differentiators. Profitability wouldn't be a major concern, at least not immediately. The other scenario takes a different approach. Rather than continuing to try to compete further down the care chain in primary care, behavioral health, and other specialties, Teladoc could embrace its strong position at the top of the funnel and double down on using its telehealth services as the public's first (or only) stop in their care journey. In this scenario, the company would aim to get even better at helping patients to understand whether or not they need to urgently go to an in-person doctor or specialist, and at dispatching prescriptions and organizing follow-ups with primary care for common issues. In financial terms, the focus would be on controlling its cost of delivering care and building up its margins by eliminating activities that it didn't excel at. The business would probably become operationally profitable sooner than in the first scenario. In June, Teladoc got a new CEO, Chuck Divita, who also joined the company's board of directors at the same time. So far, he hasn't yet mentioned either of these scenarios, but it's worth mentioning that the first scenario is the one that guided strategy during the prior CEO's tenure. Still, the second scenario might end up being more favorable for shareholders. Teladoc's quarterly gross margin is 67.2% as of the third quarter, slightly lower than in the same quarter a year ago. Though its membership base has grown to reach 93.9 million people in the same period, its quarterly revenue shrank by 3%, reaching $640.5 million. In other words, the strategy of creating more telehealth services for members to use hasn't resulted in the top line growing consistently, nor has it done the margin any favors. While it may be true that the company could one day realize efficiencies due to the scale of its operations, those haven't panned out yet, and there isn't evidence that they are about to do so. Look at this chart depicting Teladoc's total quarterly operating expenses and its cost of goods sold (COGS) expressed as a percentage of revenue. TDOC Total Operating Expenses (% of Quarterly Revenues) data by YCharts. There's a clear incentive for the new leadership to take a different approach. If that approach succeeds in actually lowering costs and thereby delivering the second scenario, Teladoc could potentially be profitable three years from now (or sooner). There's more than one risk in store For investors today, there are a few risks inherent to each of Teladoc's possible futures although they don't entail risks that would be likely to sink the company altogether. In particular, the biggest risk is that major, mission critical, and ongoing costs, such as for physician labor, simply can't be reduced significantly. Doctors are unlikely to work for less than their market rate, which is expensive. Equipping them with additional technology probably won't change that fact. Another big risk is that the business won't be able to develop a moat to prevent its market share from flowing freely to competitors. From the perspective of a member, telehealth services are just a means to the end of talking with a clinician. If it isn't crystal clear to members what additional value they're getting by paying Teladoc instead of another player with a lower subscription price, they don't have much reason to stick around.
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Aurora is looking at installing electrical vehicle charging stations at the new Public Works building on the far East Side of the city. Aldermen at this week’s Infrastructure and Technology Committee meeting recommended an agreement with Maryland-based Blink Network, LLC to install 10 EV charging stations at the new building, with the potential of more at other city buildings. The cost of the stations to the city would be $68,396. At least half the overall cost of the project would be paid for through a ComEd grant program that would provide up to $8,000 for each station up to 10. With the grant program available, Ian Wade, of the city’s Engineering Division, said officials thought it would be good to find “a consistent vendor” to develop a single, standardized charging network for the city, as well as a revenue collection system. “The grant was the catalyst to get a vendor to take advantage,” Wade said. The city would have four dual port charging stations at the front of the building, outside the fence, so both staff members and the public could take advantage of them. Because they are dual port, it would actually allow eight vehicles to charge at once. There would be six more dual port installations for city use only at the facility. Blink also would rough in 10 to 12 EV charging stations inside the fleet storage area, for a longer term use “when we can get large EVs,” Wade said. “We’re looking ahead to the future,” he said. Wade said city officials decided that rather than finding a charging “product off the shelf and installing it,” the city would go through the request for queries process. Blink was one of three vendors that responded. “We wanted to select a vendor the right way, that we feel comfortable with going forward with the future,” he said. He said while the city is getting a grant for the first 10 stations, ComEd will continue to make the program available until the money is used up. The city is looking at other programs that provide such grants, Wade said. “I think it’s a great idea,” said Ald. Brandon Tolliver, 7th Ward, a committee member. “I appreciate the proactiveness on this, especially for the potential of having the bigger vehicles, if that ever happens.” slord@tribpub.com
Interlocking Service Market Outlook and Future Projections for 2030GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — While other teams around the NFL are seeing their injury lists grow as the season winds down, the Green Bay Packers appear to be getting healthy at just the right time. Not only is quarterback Jordan Love looking like himself after dealing with early-season left knee and groin injuries, but the rest of the roster is getting better, too. “I think every team that can realize their potential needs to be as healthy as they can be. And injuries are a part of this business,” coach Matt LaFleur said. “It is what it is in terms of the next man up, but obviously, you want the guys that are your starters to be available — especially as you get closer to the end of the year.” Love certainly has been rolling of late, completing 67.1% of his passes for 904 yards with six touchdowns and one interception (118.8 passer rating) over the past four games, owing some of his hot streak to simply being healthy again. “The name of the game is trying to stay as healthy as possible, especially late into the season,” Love said. “There’s definitely injuries that stack up and guys being out. To have everybody relatively healthy and to be able to have our top guys out there would be huge for us." The Packers (9-4) head into their Sunday night matchup with the Seahawks (8-5) in Seattle with only one player having been unable to take part in Wednesday’s practice at all: safety Javon Bullard. LaFleur said Bullard is week-to-week with an ankle injury he suffered in the team’s Dec. 5 loss at Detroit . The Packers got full participation from Jaire Alexander, who has missed four of the team’s last five games with a knee injury suffered at Jacksonville on Oct. 27, and wide receiver Romeo Doubs, who has missed the last two games with a concussion he suffered against San Francisco on Nov. 24. Although Alexander had practiced on a limited basis in recent weeks, he has missed the last three games and pulled himself out of the team’s Nov. 17 win at Chicago because of his knee. Getting Alexander back to face Seahawks receivers DK Metcalf, Tyler Lockett and Jaxon Smith-Njigba would give a major lift to the Packers’ pass defense, currently ranked 21st with 222.2 yards per game allowed. “When I was watching him, he looked like he was moving around well, and we’ll just see how it transpires throughout the course of the week,” LaFleur said. “Hopefully, he’ll be ready to roll.” LaFleur said Doubs and rookie safety Evan Williams, who left the Packers’ 34-31 loss to the Lions because of a concussion, are still in the concussion protocol. But Williams was able to practice on a limited basis. Meanwhile, tight end Luke Musgrave, who hasn’t played a snap since injuring his left ankle during a a Sept. 29 loss to the Minnesota Vikings, has been designated for return from injured reserve. Musgrave took part in practice for the first time since undergoing surgery in early October to repair a torn ligament in the ankle. He said he only did individual drill work Wednesday, making it unlikely he would be activated this week. “Just going to ease back into it, but I feel good,” Musgrave said. “Still getting the cutting back, but overall, it feels good.” AP NFL: https://apnews.com/hub/nfl
Man City's torrid run continues after they let a three-goal slip against Feyenoord in the Champions League. Pep Guardiola 's side were 3-0 up at the Etihad on Tuesday night and looked set to end their five-match losing run in style with a comprehensive victory. However that proved to be too much to ask with the Dutch side drawing the game level to 3-3 with three goals in 14 minutes. It means that City are the first team in Champions League history to be leading a match by three goals as late as the 75th minute and fail to go on to win. Guardiola has seen his side fail to win a match after leading by three goals for the first time in his 942-game managerial career. City are now winless in six matches in all competitions, with the Premier League champions drawing one and losing five in that time. City have also conceded two or more goals in six successive matches in all competitions for the first time since May 1963. It also puts the 2023 winners in an unfortunately group. The only other English sides to fail to win a Champions League game in which they were three or more goals ahead were Arsenal vs Anderlecht in November 2014 (3-3) and Liverpool vs Sevilla in November 2017 (3-3). City surged into a dominant position when Erling Haaland opened the scoring before half-time from the penalty spot. Ilkay Gundogan struck next, before Haaland netted for a second time to put City 3-0 up. With the game seemingly under control, Feyenoord struck three times in 14 minutes to draw the game level and leave the Etihad Stadium shell-shocked. Speaking after the match, Pep Guardiola said: "The game was fine at 3-0, playing good, but then we concede a lot goals because we were not stable. We gave them the first and then the other one, that is why it was difficult. We lost a lot of games lately, we are fragile and of course we needed a victory, the game was good for the confidence. We were playing a good level but the first time something happened we had problems. "I don't know if it is mental. The first goal cannot happen and the second as well. After that we forget what happen, we were desperate to win and do well, we do well but don't win games. The situation is what it is. We played a good game but at that level we can't give them away. Right now I am not ready to think about that [need to win final three games to finish top eight]. We have to recover and prepare for the next game. If we are not able to win games like we did today it is difficult to do it." Reflecting on the result, Darren Bent told talkSPORT: "You've got to find a way to get it over the line. "That was criminal - for Man City to be 3-0, I was thinking 'right that game's over' but the fact that they're three goals up and can't see it over the line against a side who are fourth in Holland, there's serious problems there. "I know it's not a defeat but in a game that they had wrapped up, for them to let it slip tells me that there's a mentality issue there which hasn't been there for so long. "They're going to have to pick themselves up because they've got a hard, hard game this weekend against Liverpool but that performance and that result will not do them any favours." Bent added: "We're used to Man City bouncing back, but now when they go 3-0 down and concede it's like they go into survival mode. "Usually the Man City we know would put their foot down or keep possession and see the game out. "Now they concede goals and look like they're in crisis."EAGAN, Minn. (AP) — Minnesota Vikings linebacker Ivan Pace Jr. has been placed on injured reserve after hurting his hamstring Sunday in a 30-27 overtime victory over the Chicago Bears. The move announced Tuesday means that Pace must miss at least the Vikings next four games. The Vikings also activated outside linebacker Gabriel Murphy from injured reserve and signed linebacker Jamin Davis off the Green Bay Packers practice squad. Pace, 23, had started each of the Vikings nine games this season. The 2023 undrafted free agent from Cincinnati had 56 tackles — including six for loss — and three sacks. Murphy, 24, signed with the Vikings as an undrafted free agent this spring. He was placed on injured reserve Aug. 27. Davis had joined the Packers practice squad Oct. 29 after getting released by the Washington Commanders a week earlier. Washington selected him out of Kentucky with the 19th overall pick in the 2021 draft. The 25-year-old Davis has 282 tackles, seven sacks, one interception, two forced fumble recoveries and two forced fumbles in his NFL career. He led the Commanders with a career-high 104 tackles in 2022. The Vikings (9-2) host the Arizona Cardinals (6-5) on Sunday. ___ AP NFL: https://apnews.com/hub/NFL The Associated PressJon M. Chu counted himself a fan of “ Wicked ” long before he was hired to direct the big-budget movie adaptation of the popular Broadway musical. So it was a question of where, not if, he should pay homage to Idina Menzel and Kristin Chenoweth, who originated the stage roles of Elphaba and Glinda, in the two-part film, the first of which landed in theaters on Nov. 22. After much deliberation among Oz’s powers that be, it was decided they would appear in the movie as the stars of Wizomania, an expanded show within the show that plays out when Elphaba ( Cynthia Erivo ) and Glinda ( Ariana Grande ) visit the Emerald City during the song “One Short Day.” “I told them, ‘I want you to experience for the first time what you gave us.’ I saw Idina and Kristin as they were workshopping the show at the Curran Theatre [in 2003]. I’ll never forget being blown away by their performances,” Chu recalls, lounging on the couch at Manhattan’s Bowery Hotel in an appropriately green sweater. “When they were on set, I think reality hit them and it was very full circle for them.” “Wicked,” which introduced such classics as “Defying Gravity,” “Popular” and “For Good” into the Broadway pantheon, recounts everything that happens before Dorothy lands in Oz and saunters down that iconic Yellow Brick Road. The story takes place before, during and after “The Wizard of Oz” and charts the unlikely friendship of the green-skinned Elphaba (later known as the Wicked Witch of the West) and the perky, pink-loving Glinda (eventually dubbed Glinda the Good). “Part One” chronicles their time together at Shiz University, where they are forced to be roommates and eventually become besties. The second movie, which debuts on Nov. 21, 2025, picks up after Elphaba is fully in control of her powers and has been declared an enemy of the state by the Wizard (Jeff Goldblum) and Madame Morrible (Michelle Yeoh). As “Wicked: Part One” opens on the big screen, Chu indulged Variety in a spoiler-filled chat about Menzel and Chenoweth’s cameos, sacred lines that were (and weren’t) cut from the script... and whether we’ll see more of Dorothy in “Part Two.” “ Wicked” was originally being developed as one movie. What did those earlier versions look like? When I walked in, everyone was already in high-octane mode of debating: Do we need to do this in two movies? Other scripts that were trying to fit it into one movie were stripping many songs and changing the story in ways that didn’t quite make logical, emotional sense. You can get away with that on stage, but movie audiences are tougher. As we picked apart every script, I would ask certain questions that opened a lot of discussion. It became inevitable that we had to commit to two movies. I imagine it didn’t take convincing to get Kristin Chenoweth and Idina Menzel in the movie. But how did you find the right moment to include them? They weren’t just going to come to do whatever . Our inner circle thought of all sorts of things to present to them. Does Kristin play Glinda’s mom? Are they one of the people who says “The Wizard will see you now”? It always felt underwhelming. We had to give them something big. We had this section in “Wizomania” that needed backstory that we didn’t need in the show: What is the Grimmerie? And an understanding of how the Wizard came to Oz. I was like, ‘What if we do this section as a play? It was supposed to be an amusement park ride like “It’s a Small World,” which was a fun concept. But if it’s a show, then it’s sort of meta. Idina and Kristin play the two most famous actors in Oz. They get to be glamorous and people get to applaud them. Stephen Schwartz immediately knew what to do and added Idina’s Elphaba war cry and interplay of pushing each other out of the way. It’s fun playing off the lore of two mega stars in the show . Some quotable lines and lyrics, like “we’ll be late for Wizomania,” were cut. Were those difficult decisions given how intimately fans know the show? When you don’t have a live audience to play off, some of the comedy doesn’t quite work. I remember when Ari read that we didn’t have the line “the Wizard will see you now!” There was a reason for it; they were more progressed in the geography. In rehearsals, we didn’t have it and every time that moment would happen, they would sing it anyway. Ari was like, “I promise you, we have to have it.” So I was like, “OK, let me figure it out. We built it in so there are two entrances now, but it was worth it.” There were debates all the time. In the beginning, when Glinda says “It’s good to see me, isn’t it?,” in the show she says, “No need to answer. That’s rhetorical.” But in the movie when she said the line, the joke didn’t land. Not because of the way she performed it. But because there’s no audience to give the feedback for it. We put fake Ozian reactions, but it was too meta, too early. That was a scary one to cut because it’s like a Bible line. Why did you include a “The Wizard of Oz” homage with Dorothy, the Tin Man, Scarecrow and Cowardly Lion walking down the Yellow Brick Road? “The Wizard of Oz” is potentially a dream. It’s a world where there are no real stakes. Knowing that Elphaba and Glinda live in a world of real stakes, we had to reestablish with the audience that this was real. So we dropped everyone into the crime scene, maybe the most famous crime scene ever in cinema and literature, of the iconic hat in the puddle. We see the full landscape of Oz. It’s this living, breathing place with real cultures, so we immediately establish this is not a dream world. Seeing those four characters also triggers something in your mind; you connect those characters with this place. And we will revisit those characters in movie two. Will Dorothy be a character in “Part Two”? In the show, Dorothy is around. They have to intersect, and you can only tease it so much. I won’t say whether she’s a character, necessarily, in movie two. There’s a part of me that wants everyone’s Dorothy to be the whatever Dorothy they want. And yet, there is interaction and some crossover. So I’ll leave that up to “Part Two.” Is it true that MGM has the copyright to the Yellow Brick Road and the ruby slippers? Did you need permission to reference them? We had boundaries of what we could reference or not. We never use the ruby slippers. Nessa has on crystal slippers as in the Frank L. Baum book, Gregory Maguire book and the show. I don’t think the phrase “yellow brick road” is copywritten, but definitely the shape of the road is. We couldn’t do the spiral. We had to do a circle that continues to show it’s not where the road ends. How did you decide where to add new characters and expand the plot? We moved backward from “Defying Gravity.” What is Elphaba’s superpower? Her superpower is her relationship with nature and gravity. OK, so then you need to know more about her growing up. We added a scene where she’s young. Is it because she’s green or she has this power that everyone’s scared of her? It’s a bit muddy in the show. It has to be because of her power and her green. So then we had to show the power. So when she’s born, everything flies up. She expresses her frustrations and anxiety through this relationship with gravity. When she’s a kid and she’s bullied, she doesn’t know how to control it yet. We also see that Glinda says “I know that was you down there” to Elphaba [about her powers] even though everyone believed Madame Morrible. It shows Glinda is actually smart and aware. She’s not this ditzy character. Those things were important to build characters. You also have to show passage of time, which is hard to do in the show and took space to do. When first-look images of the film were released, people on social media were vocal about those photos being dark. Yes. Tell them to turn up their brightness on their phone! I was curious about your reaction, knowing the movie is bright and colorful and not necessarily reflective of those pictures. I chose those images specifically. It was so early, and we had just started shooting. I wanted images that were evocative and provocative to show it’s not some bright, poppy story. We didn’t even have the effects done. The background was blue. I had to have VFX put in the sky. I was coloring it on my iPhone. We’re not doing this through a real process. I love playing in the shadows, but I did have my iPhone brightness very high. When I released the photos, literally from my iPhone, I realized, “Oh, everybody really doesn’t turn up their brightness that high.” I felt bad because I did that. There was no going through the studio. How did you decide how to stage and slow down parts of “Defying Gravity”? The nightmare of my life has been thinking about “Defying Gravity.” In the show, it’s very fast. She walks [away from] Wizard and goes into “I hope you’re happy.” It goes so fast that it doesn’t feel like the end of the movie and it doesn’t feel earned. Her whole journey leads to this. Doing it live was helpful. I didn’t know how long it would be until they acted those lines. We can’t add more words to “Defying Gravity.” So, what if when she thinks she’s ready to fly, she’s not, and she falls? That changed things for us. It was very scary. The whole time I was like, “OK, we’ll test this and see how offended people are by this.” We definitely crunched it in to not spread it out so much. My own brain was like, “I just want to make sure the fast version isn’t actually working now.” We did those versions too, and we’re like, “No, we actually need all of this. This is much bigger than just a song. This is about the ending of a movie and journey of a character that we’ve invested in it so much.” [Producer] Marc Platt was like, “Wow, you’re really breaking the song up....” We had those moments. We kicked the tires up all the time. There was not one stone unturned, not one thing that we did not question, because we knew how important this was. That’s why it kept me up at night. Is there a number you felt benefitted going from stage to screen? “Something Bad” is hard to do on stage. It’s in the classroom, and Dr. Dillamond has nothing to do. So this idea that they were having a secret meeting with all these animals, and the animals were not upright, creepy human animals, but actually animals, help us empathize with them more. There’s a community that’s being affected by this, and they’ve been keeping a secret record of all these incidents that are happening. There’s a darker underbelly to Oz. Marketing for “Wicked” has been next level. How will you sustain the momentum for “Part Two” in November 2025? I don’t know, but “Part Two,” I will say because I’ve cut “Part Two” together, is a doozy. You getting the meat. I did not know the context of where we’d be in society right now. It becomes eight times more relevant than before when you’re talking about truth and consequences of making the right or wrong choices. It’s intense.Terre Haute pitching great Tommy John has been a candidate for induction into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown 20 times, and much to his hometown's chagrin, hasn’t yet gotten the call. On Sunday night, John was passed over again for induction into the Hall at Cooperstown, New York. The lefthanded pitching great didn’t receive the minimum of 75% of the votes cast by the Classic Baseball Era Committee, a 16-member panel that included six Hall of Fame players, big-league executives and veteran media and historians. Seven other players were on the ballot. The committee chose instead former Phillies and White Sox slugger Dick Allen, and powerful former Pittsburgh Pirate and Cincinnati Red Dave Parker. Their selections were announced live on the "MLB Tonight" program on the MLB Network on Sunday evening. Parker was named on 14 of the 16 committee members' ballots, while Allen was on 13 voters' ballots. John received seven votes, third most but five shy of the necessary 12. John, now 81, lives with his wife in Florida. "I thought I had a great chance," he said Sunday night by phone from Florida. John didn't offer a comment on the choices of Allen and Parker, but pointed out that Allen had missed induction by one vote in the last veterans balloting. Also on the ballot were Ken Boyer, Steve Garvey and Luis Tiant, as well as former Negro Leagues star John Donaldson and manager Vic Harris. Boyer, Donaldson, Garvey, Harris and Tiant each received less than five votes on Sunday. John had connections with several fellow candidates. He played in the majors with Boyer, Garvey and Tiant, faced Allen and Parker on the mound. John also played against Allen in the minor leagues, and both entered the majors in 1963. John and Tiant — best known for his years as a Red Sox pitcher — were both officially rookies in the Cleveland rotation in 1964. In head-to-head matchups, Allen was 2-for-4 at bat against John for a .500 batting average, with one homer and one strikeout. Parker went 7-for-28 against John, a .250 average, with two homers. John struck out Parker a hefty nine times. The 16-member Classic Era Committee gathered at the MLB winter meetings Sunday in Dallas. The eight-person ballot was comprised of candidates whose primary contribution to the game came prior to 1980. Modern-era greats could join Allen and Parker in the Class of 2025, which will be inducted in ceremonies at Cooperstown on July 27. Parker, now 73, and the late Allen, who died in 2020, will be joined by any former players or managers elected in the Baseball Writers’ Association of America voting, to be announced on Jan. 21. John was unsure if he'll be considered again in future Hall of Fame votes by veterans committees. "I have no idea what they're going to do," he said Sunday night. Later Sunday, Craig Muder — National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum director of communications — told the Tribune-Star, "Tommy John remains eligible in the future. Next election would be fall of 2027 for Class of 2028." John was on the primary Hall of Fame ballot in voting by the Baseball Writers’ Association of America 15 times and never made the cut. He was back on the ballot by veteran panels to reconsider overlooked players, but also missed those cuts 2011, 2014, 2018 and 2020. Two recent developments seemed to strengthen John’s chances. First, one of John’s contemporaries — fellow former lefty pitcher Jim Kaat — was inducted last year with a similar career resume. Kaat finished a 25-year career from 1959 to ‘83 with a 283-237 record, a 3.45 earned-run average and three All-Star appearances. Kaat endorsed John for Hall induction. And, an upcoming, new documentary will soon shine a global spotlight on John’s life story. Winter State Entertainment has been crafting “Tommy John: The Bionic Man” since 2023 and prime elements of the upcoming 90-minute movie were filmed in Terre Haute. But only Allen and Parker received the necessary votes on Sunday. Allen played 15 seasons for the Phillies, Cardinals, Dodgers, White Sox and Athletics, totaling 351 home runs and 1,119 RBI. He won the 1964 National League Rookie of the Year Award with the Phillies and was named the 1972 American League Most Valuable Player with the White Sox. Parker was named to seven All-Star Games in his 19 seasons, winning back-to-back NL batting titles in 1977-78 while earning league MVP honors in the latter year. He starred with the Pirates' World Series championship team in 1979 and played for the Athletics World Series title team 10 years later. Parker won the 1979 All-Star Game MVP Award, displaying his legendary throwing arm from right field. John was born May 22, 1943 and raised in Terre Haute, and played boyhood and Gerstmeyer High School games, including his last one in 1961, at Spencer F. Ball Park on Eighth Avenue. Fittingly, his hometown named one of the park’s diamonds for John in 2014. John signed with the Cleveland Indians right out of high school, and went on to pitch 26 seasons in the big leagues from 1963 to 1989. A first-of-its-kind elbow surgery in 1974 preserved his career, but caused John to miss a full season and a half. John recovered magnificently and played another 14 seasons, finishing his career with 288 wins and 231 losses and a 3.34 earned-run average. John won 20 or more games three times, all after his surgery. In fact, John got 164 of his career wins after Jobe replaced the ulnar collateral ligament in his left arm with a tendon from John’s right arm. It had never been performed before, and his rehabilitation was also groundbreaking and unprecedented. John retold the story in his book “TJ: My 26 Years in Baseball.” After high school, he signed in 1961 with the Indians and was sent to play for the Dubuque Packers in the Class D Midwest League. Within two seasons, the Indians called him up to the Cleveland club. He pitched for the Indians, White Sox, Dodgers, Yankees, Angels and Athletics. He started 700 games in his long career, the eighth-most in history. His 4,710.1 innings pitched ranks 20th all-time. He made four All-Star games, including three after his epic elbow surgery, conducted by Dr. Frank Jobe.