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					<description><![CDATA[<p>ST. LOUIS – Bevor die Giants letzten Winter 171 Millionen US-Dollar für sechs Free Agents verloren haben, bevor sie ein einziges Treffen mit Carlos Correa oder einem Radiologen auf Abruf hatten und bevor sie damit begannen, ihren Kader mit elektrischen Impulsen eines aufstrebenden Spielers neu zu beleben Entwicklungssystem mussten ihre Hauptentscheidungsträger eine scheinbar unbedeutende Entscheidung &#8230;</p>
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<p>ST.  LOUIS – Bevor die Giants letzten Winter 171 Millionen US-Dollar für sechs Free Agents verloren haben, bevor sie ein einziges Treffen mit Carlos Correa oder einem Radiologen auf Abruf hatten und bevor sie damit begannen, ihren Kader mit elektrischen Impulsen eines aufstrebenden Spielers neu zu beleben Entwicklungssystem mussten ihre Hauptentscheidungsträger eine scheinbar unbedeutende Entscheidung treffen.</p>
<p>Ob ein 20-jähriger Outfielder geschützt werden soll, der im A-Ball .211 getroffen hat.</p>
<p>Die Giants beschlossen im November, Luis Matos in den 40-Mann-Kader aufzunehmen, und jetzt sieht diese kleine Entscheidung monumental aus.  Matos kämpfte sich in knapp zwei Monaten durch die beiden höchsten Minor-League-Levels, er positionierte sich als offensichtliche Alternative, als sich Outfielder Mitch Haniger am Dienstag den Unterarm brach, er gab am Mittwoch sein Debüt in der Major League als Start-Centerfielder und Nr. 2 Batter, und er pfiff einen Single auf dem zweiten Pitch, den er beim 8-5, 10-Inning-Sieg der Giants über die St. Louis Cardinals im Busch Stadium sah.</p>
<p>Matos, der im Dezember 21 Jahre alt wurde, war der jüngste Giants-Spieler seit Madison Bumgarner im Jahr 2009, der sein Debüt gab. Der rechtshändig schlagende Mittelfeldspieler ist nach Jordan Walker von den Cardinals der zweitjüngste Positionsspieler in den Major Leagues.  Sein Debüt war vielleicht das am meisten erwartete Debüt eines Giants-Outfielders seit einer oder vielleicht auch zwei Generationen, je nachdem, wie alt man sich durch Chili Davis fühlt.</p>
<p>Matos kam nach 43 Treffern in 107 Fledermäusen für Triple-A Sacramento.  In seinen letzten sechs Spielen für die River Cats erzielte er sechs Homeruns, darunter einen in seinem ersten Schlag am Dienstag, bevor er aus der Aufstellung genommen wurde.  Sein Begrüßungstext von Manager Gabe Kapler am Dienstagabend war eine Mischung aus Spanisch, Englisch und Feuer-Emojis.  („Wie enthusiastisches Feuer“, stellte Kapler klar.) Matos nahm am späten Abend einen Flug nach St. Louis, kam am Mittwochmorgen an seinem Schließfach im Clubhaus der Giants an und wurde vom spanischen Dolmetscher Erwin Higueros flankiert, während er sich mit Reportern traf.  Er wurde gefragt: Bist du dafür bereit?</p>
<p>Er wartete nicht darauf, dass die Frage übersetzt wurde.  Er brauchte es auch nicht, um zu antworten.</p>
<p>„Ja“, sagte er auf Englisch mit fast schüchternem Selbstvertrauen.  &#8220;Ich bin bereit.&#8221;</p>
<p>Aber die Entscheidung, Matos im November zu schützen, war nicht ohne Zweifel oder Debatte.  Jeder einzelne dieser Kaderplätze ist wertvoll.  Sich mit einem Interessenten auf niedrigerem Niveau zusammenzutun, selbst wenn dieser über enorme Fähigkeiten und Potenzial verfügt, ist, als würde man eine Keksdose auf das oberste Regal stellen.  Wenn dieser Spieler immer noch einen Traum davon entfernt ist, Ihnen in den großen Ligen zu helfen, dann nimmt er einen 40-Mann-Raum ein, ohne Nutzen zu bieten.  Wenn uns die Giants mit 107 Siegen im Jahr 2021 etwas beigebracht haben, dann ist es der Wert des direkten Kadernutzens.</p>
<p>Dann gibt es noch die Spieltheorie, die besagt, dass eine Organisation jedes Jahr im Dezember das Risiko eingeht, berechtigte Spieler dem Regel-5-Entwurf auszusetzen.  Würde ein anderes Team wirklich einen so jungen Spieler wie Matos abwerben, wenn seine Leistung im Jahr 2022 so wenig auf die Bereitschaft für die große Liga hindeutet?  Würde sich dieses Team wirklich dazu verpflichten, ihn die ganze Saison über im aktiven Kader zu behalten?</p>
<p>Die Giants glaubten das nicht.  Aber sie wollten auch keine wochenlangen Verdauungsbeschwerden erleben, die nichts mit dem übermäßigen Verzehr an Thanksgiving zu tun hatten.  Manche Risiken sind es einfach nicht wert, eingegangen zu werden.</p>
<p>„Die allgemeine Abstammung und das Aufwärtspotenzial haben dazu beigetragen, aber zwei Dinge haben uns dazu verleitet, ihn zu beschützen und zu glauben, dass jemand über ihn würfeln könnte“, sagte Giants-Präsident Farhan Zaidi am Mittwoch per SMS.</p>
<p>„Erstens waren seine Defensivwerte im letzten Jahr wirklich gut.  Und zweitens war die Kontaktrate trotz der Gesamtstatistik immer noch ausgezeichnet.  Beides gab uns das Gefühl, dass er in die großen Ligen aufsteigen und schneller einen Beitrag leisten könnte, als es auf den ersten Blick in der letzten Offseason schien.“</p>
<p>Hier ist der andere Nachteil: Wenn Sie in der Lage sind, Ihr Farmsystem aufzufüllen, sind Sie weniger auf die Flexibilität von 40 Mann angewiesen, um Verzichtsansprüche geltend zu machen.  Letztes Jahr forderten die Giants 15 Spieler von der Befreiung.  Dieses Jahr haben sie ihren ersten Platz noch nicht erreicht.  Klar, es gab einen kleinen Deal für einen Matt Beaty hier und einen Cal Stevenson dort.  Darin Ruf kam zurück, um Hallo zu sagen, während bei den Giants mehrere Rechtshänder außer Gefecht waren.  Aber zum größten Teil haben die Giants Kaderlücken – die kosmetischen Kratzer und die großen Schnittwunden – von Spielern innerhalb ihres Systems geflickt.</p>
<p>Matos war der achte Giant, der in dieser Saison sein Debüt in der Major League gab.  Nur die Cincinnati Reds haben mehr Spieler debütiert.  Matos schloss sich Casey Schmitt, Patrick Bailey, Blake Sabol, Ryan Walker, Keaton Winn, Tristan Beck und Brett Wisely an, die alle zu Siegen beigetragen haben und deren Leistung auf zukünftiges Potenzial schließen lässt.  Auf dieser Liste gibt es keinen Quad-A- oder Organisationsplayer.  Am Mittwoch hatten die acht Rookies zusammen 2,7 bWAR erreicht.  Wisely war der einzige unter ihnen mit einem negativen Input (minus -0,1 bWAR), und selbst er wäre wahrscheinlich auf der positiven Seite gewesen, wenn er etwas mehr Glück beim Schlagen gehabt hätte.</p>
<p>Und da ist noch Kyle Harrison, der wohl beste Linkshänder-Pitching-Kandidat bei Triple A und von dem die meisten Vereinsfunktionäre immer noch erwarten, dass er in dieser Saison den größten Rookie-Einfluss auf den Major-League-Klub haben wird.  Und da ist noch der Giants-Spieler, der auf den meisten Interessentenlisten immer noch an erster Stelle steht, Shortstop Marco Luciano, der nach einer hartnäckigen Rückenverletzung im Double-A Richmond endlich gesund ist.</p>
<p>Beeindruckender als die Höhe der Rookie-Beiträge ist nur die Entwicklung dieser Rookies in die großen Ligen.  Die Aufstellung am Mittwoch umfasste drei Spieler – Matos, Bailey und Schmitt –, die die meiste oder die gesamte letzte Saison bei High-A Eugene spielten.  Winn, der einen Tag, nachdem er bei seinem Major-League-Debüt eine Vier-Inning-Parade verbucht hatte, als Option ausgewählt wurde, startete letzte Saison ebenfalls in Eugene.  Aber niemand verbrauchte mehr Raketentreibstoff als Matos, der letzte Saison mit einer Quadrizepsverletzung und seiner eigenen übermäßigen Aggressivität am Teller zu kämpfen hatte.</p>
<p>Als Matos begann, alles zusammenzustellen, gab es in den oberen Nebenfächern nicht viel, was seinen Aufstieg verhindern konnte.  Und indem sie ihn im November beschützten, erlaubten die Giants sich vorzustellen, dass es möglich sei.</p>
<p>„Wir alle wissen, dass die Spielerentwicklung sehr schnell voranschreiten kann, insbesondere bei Spielern mit großer Herkunft“, sagte Kapler.  „Als ich zum ersten Mal nach San Francisco kam, ganz am Anfang meiner Zeit hier, hörte ich von einem Jungen mit einem tollen Schwung, der den Baseball in alle Teile des Feldes lenken konnte, in der Verteidigung spielen konnte und ein guter Alleskönner war -rund um den Sportler.</p>
<p>„Wie Sie erwähnt haben, ging es bei ihm ziemlich schnell.  Er hat kein tolles Jahr hinter sich.  Wir waren uns also nicht sicher, was uns für das Jahr 2023 erwartet. Aber es ist wirklich gut für die Organisation, dass diese Leute so schnell vorangekommen sind.  Es ist auch eine gute Erinnerung daran, dass die Spielerentwicklung noch im Gange ist.  Und dies wird nicht ohne Unebenheiten und Wendungen verlaufen.  Ich denke, wir sehen bei Casey, dass es Momente des Kampfes geben wird, selbst für Spieler, die sofort gute Leistungen erbringen.  Ich bin mir sicher, dass Patrick Bailey nicht das ganze Jahr über perfekt sein wird.</p>
<p>„Aber es ist eine wirklich gute Erinnerung daran, dass wir an unseren Jungs festhalten und ihnen mehr Chancen geben werden, auch wenn sie Schwierigkeiten haben, denn es lohnt sich.“  Spieler, die sich auf Major-League-Niveau weiterentwickeln und besser werden, helfen den Teams, zu gewinnen.  Ich glaube nicht, dass es für uns einen größeren Einfluss darauf gibt, zu gewinnen und möglicherweise in die Nachsaison zu kommen, als dass einige unserer jungen Spieler die Arbeit leisten, die sie gerade leisten.“</p>
<p>Die Giants haben Matos nicht befördert, um für einen vorübergehenden Funken zu sorgen.  Sie haben plötzlich einen Mangel an rechtshändigen Außenfeldspielern, da Haniger, ihr teuerster Free-Agent-Zukauf im vergangenen Winter, vor einer saisonbedrohlichen Operation an seinem gebrochenen Unterarm steht.  Austin Slater ist der einzige andere rechtshändig schlagende Outfielder im Kader, es sei denn, die Giants würden Thairo Estrada im linken Feld belassen.  Matos ist also hier, um einen Bedarf zu decken, der, wie es aussieht, dauerhaft sein wird.</p>
<p>Matos klatschte vor Freude auf dem Weg zur ersten Base, nachdem er am Mittwoch im ersten Inning einen fehlerfreien Single ins linke Feld geschlagen hatte.  Bei seinem nächsten Schlagangriff begab er sich auf die zweite Base.  Bei einem Flyout am Ende des Schlages auf das linke Feld im sechsten Durchgang verfehlte er den Lauf nur knapp.  Dann, wie Kapler es lachend beschrieb: „Er lernte den Giants-Baseball kennen.  Wir haben hier in deinem ersten Spiel für dich getroffen.“</p>
<p>Die Giants lagen im siebten Spiel nach Mike Yastrzemskis RBI-Single mit 5:3 zurück.  Kapler entschied sich für das Linkshänder-Matchup gegen Jordan Hicks und schickte den Pinch-Hitter Michael Conforto nach oben, der am Boden landete.</p>
<p>„Ich war nicht überrascht“, sagte Matos über Higueros.  „Ich weiß, dass das Team das tut.  Der Manager hat mit mir gesprochen und mir die Beweggründe und die Strategie dahinter erklärt, und ich verstehe: Holen Sie sich direkt jemand anderen mit mehr Erfahrung, der dem Team helfen kann, zurückzukommen und zu gewinnen.“</p>
<p>Bis zu ihrem letzten Schlag taten sie es.  Yastrzemskis zweifacher Homerun glich den Spielstand aus und verwandelte die bekanntermaßen fröhlichen Fans der Cardinals in Buhvögel.  Dann schlug Estrada Yastrzemski, der im 10. Durchgang der automatische Läufer war.  Mit dem Sieg erreichten die Giants zum ersten Mal in dieser Saison vier Spiele über .500 und erzielten im Busch Stadium ihren ersten Drei-Spiele-Sieg.  Um den letzten Drei-Spiele-Sieg der Giants in St. Louis zu finden, muss man zur vorherigen Version des Busch Stadium (das sich gegenüber dem aktuellen Stadion befand) und zur Saison 1998 zurückgehen.</p>
<p>Im Jahr 1998 waren es noch drei Jahre, bis Matos das Licht der Welt erblickte.</p>
<p>Mittlerweile ist er vollständig angekommen.  Eine Gruppe von Onkeln, Tanten und Cousins ​​fuhr über Nacht zwölf Stunden lang von Denver, um dem Spiel beizuwohnen.  Sie hielten handgefertigte Schilder auf einer neongrünen Plakatwand: FAMILIA MATOS PRESENTE und De Bobures para la MLB.</p>
<p>Die Familie Matos ist hier.  Von Bobures bis zu den großen Ligen.</p>
<p>Seine wichtigsten Fans, die Menschen, die er zuerst anrief und die sich die Tränen aus den Augen wischten, als sie von seiner Beförderung erfuhren, waren zurück in Bobures, einer kleinen Stadt am Südufer des Maracaibo-Sees in Venezuela.  Er bewahrt den Baseball von seinem ersten Schlag auf, um ihn seinem Vater Jose Luis und seiner Mutter Yoelis zu schenken.  Sie waren nicht da, um das Debüt ihres Sohnes mitzuerleben.  Möglicherweise können sie ihn für einige Zeit nicht persönlich spielen sehen.</p>
<p>In Caracas gibt es kein US-Konsulat, und angesichts der Massenmigration von Venezolanern aufgrund jahrelanger politischer und wirtschaftlicher Instabilität schränkt die US-Einwanderungspolitik die Anzahl der für die Einreise in das Land erforderlichen Touristenvisa stark ein.  Matos sagte, seine Eltern hätten nächsten Monat einen Termin, um ihren Antrag beim US-Konsulat in Brasilien prüfen zu lassen.  Sie müssen nach Brasilia reisen und persönlich am Vorstellungsgespräch teilnehmen.  Matos hofft, dass sein 15-jähriger Bruder Luis David sie begleiten kann.</p>
<p>Wie Matos letzte Woche in einem Interview in Sacramento über seinen Vater sagte: „Er sagt, er wird im Stadion wohnen.“</p>
<p>Etwa eine Stunde vor dem ersten Pitch am Mittwoch, als die Giants ihre Früharbeit beendeten, bemerkte Qualitätskontrolltrainer Nick Ortiz, dass die Giants drei venezolanische Spieler – Matos, Wilmer Flores und Estrada – hintereinander schlagen würden in der Aufstellung.  Ortiz erfuhr von den Problemen, die Matos‘ Eltern mit ihren Reisedokumenten hatten, und blickte über die Grasfläche hinaus.  Er sagte, er hoffe, dass die Giants nun in der Lage sein könnten, einige Fäden in der Hand zu halten, da Matos ein großer Ligaspieler mit einem erhöhten Profil sei.  Es ist nicht nur ein Spitzengehalt, das ein Leben verändern kann.</p>
<p>„Der Aufstieg in die großen Ligen ist für alle wichtig, aber es bedeutet nicht für alle das Gleiche“, sagte Ortiz.  „Er ist nicht der Einzige, der es schafft.“</p>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>An Astros rotation already lacking significant depth and entering the year 2023 has received two major blows in the past few days. Starting pitcher Jose Urquidy was placed on Monday&#8217;s 15-day injured list with a shoulder complaint, and Monday night brought more troubling news. Starting mate Luis Garcia left his start against San Francisco in &#8230;</p>
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<p>An Astros rotation already lacking significant depth and entering the year 2023 has received two major blows in the past few days.</p>
<p>Starting pitcher Jose Urquidy was placed on Monday&#8217;s 15-day injured list with a shoulder complaint, and Monday night brought more troubling news.  Starting mate Luis Garcia left his start against San Francisco in the first inning with an elbow injury, and Astros manager Dusty Baker noted that Garcia will be out indefinitely after the game with an MRI scheduled for Tuesday.</p>
<p>It&#8217;s unclear how long each pitcher will be out of Houston&#8217;s rotation.  But in the short term, Baker now faces a serious problem. </p>
<p>The two injuries further complicate a difficult dance for Baker.  Starting the season with Justin Verlander, now in Queens, and Lance McCullers Jr. on the injured list, he took what is perhaps the team&#8217;s greatest strength and placed a legitimate question mark outside of Staff aces Framber Valdez and Cristian Javier.  Now where exactly will Baker turn to with a pair of keys out of his arms?  Let&#8217;s go through some options:</p>
<h2>Internal Candidates</h2>
<p>This remains the most likely path for Astros right now, with exploration for access via trading likely closer to the July 31st deadline.  There are some relatively attractive opportunities within the organization at the moment. </p>
<p>Brandon Bielak is almost guaranteed a rotation spot after a strong showing on Monday, which included six strikeouts in four innings to relieve Garcia.  Bielak isn&#8217;t the strongest arm, although his experience &#8211; with eight career starts under his belt &#8211; and performance should give him the upper hand. </p>
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<p>Who could take last place behind Bielak?  The most likely candidate is right-hander JP France, who was protected by the Astros in the Rule 5 draft this offseason.  Although there may be other possibilities at play.  Right-hander Ronel Blanco dominated Spring Training competition with just one earned run in 17 innings, and Forrest Whitley has some upside potential following the hype.  Given his past struggles at Triple-A Sugar Land, I&#8217;d be cautious about calling up Whitley.  Although Baker could try to give Whitley a one-start trial in a pinch.</p>
<h2>External options? </h2>
<p>Astros CEO Dana Brown isn&#8217;t afraid to be aggressive considering he&#8217;s proposing a slew of potential contract extensions this summer, and perhaps the same logic will apply in the trading market.  Where might the Astros look for guns?  Let&#8217;s take a look at the bottom of the league table.  Perhaps the NL East bottom-feeder in Washington — a phrase that was frankly unthinkable in October 2019 — will part ways with a low-cost veteran arm in Trevor Williams or Chad Kuhl, and a similar path could be taken in Oakland, though the A as (theoretical) divisional rival.  The most appealing option could be in Kansas City, where Zack Grienke&#8217;s less-than-stellar homecoming could see him returning to a contender.</p>
<p>None of the above options are particularly attractive, but as May approaches, it&#8217;s hard to imagine anyone other than the league&#8217;s worst-performing teams wanting to sell.  Instead, Brown will likely need to keep his proverbial prospect powder dry, hoping to get enough production through internal replacements before we really hit the dog days of summer. </p>
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<p>An Astros rotation already lacking significant depth and entering the year 2023 has received two major blows in the past few days.</p>
<p>Starting pitcher Jose Urquidy was placed on Monday&#8217;s 15-day injured list with a shoulder complaint, and Monday night brought more troubling news.  Starting mate Luis Garcia left his start against San Francisco in the first inning with an elbow injury, and Astros manager Dusty Baker noted that Garcia will be out indefinitely after the game with an MRI scheduled for Tuesday.</p>
<p>It&#8217;s unclear how long each pitcher will be out of Houston&#8217;s rotation.  But in the short term, Baker now faces a serious problem. </p>
<p>The two injuries further complicate a difficult dance for Baker.  Starting the season with Justin Verlander, now in Queens, and Lance McCullers Jr. on the injured list, he took what is perhaps the team&#8217;s greatest strength and placed a legitimate question mark outside of Staff aces Framber Valdez and Cristian Javier.  Now where exactly will Baker turn to with a pair of keys out of his arms?  Let&#8217;s go through some options:</p>
<h2>Internal Candidates</h2>
<p>This remains the most likely path for Astros right now, with exploration for access via trading likely closer to the July 31st deadline.  There are some relatively attractive opportunities within the organization at the moment. </p>
<p>Brandon Bielak is almost guaranteed a rotation spot after a strong showing on Monday, which included six strikeouts in four innings to relieve Garcia.  Bielak isn&#8217;t the strongest arm, although his experience &#8211; with eight career starts under his belt &#8211; and performance should give him the upper hand. </p>
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<p>Who could take last place behind Bielak?  The most likely candidate is right-hander JP France, who was protected by the Astros in the Rule 5 draft this offseason.  Although there may be other possibilities at play.  Right-hander Ronel Blanco dominated Spring Training competition with just one earned run in 17 innings, and Forrest Whitley has some upside potential following the hype.  Given his past struggles at Triple-A Sugar Land, I&#8217;d be cautious about calling up Whitley.  Although Baker could try to give Whitley a one-start trial in a pinch.</p>
<h2>External options? </h2>
<p>Astros CEO Dana Brown isn&#8217;t afraid to be aggressive considering he&#8217;s proposing a slew of potential contract extensions this summer, and perhaps the same logic will apply in the trading market.  Where might the Astros look for guns?  Let&#8217;s take a look at the bottom of the league table.  Perhaps the NL East bottom-feeder in Washington — a phrase that was frankly unthinkable in October 2019 — will part ways with a low-cost veteran arm in Trevor Williams or Chad Kuhl, and a similar path could be taken in Oakland, though the A as (theoretical) divisional rival.  The most appealing option could be in Kansas City, where Zack Grienke&#8217;s less-than-stellar homecoming could see him returning to a contender.</p>
<p>None of the above options are particularly attractive, but as May approaches, it&#8217;s hard to imagine anyone other than the league&#8217;s worst-performing teams wanting to sell.  Instead, Brown will likely need to keep his proverbial prospect powder dry, hoping to get enough production through internal replacements before we really hit the dog days of summer. </p>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Emilio Delgado, an actor and singer known to generations of “Sesame Street” viewers as Luis, the gentle handyman ever able to fix what was broken, died March 10 at his home in Manhattan. hey what 81 The cause was multiple myeloma, said his wife, Carole Delgado. Millions of children have grown up watching “Sesame Street,” &#8230;</p>
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<p data-qa="drop-cap-letter" data-el="text" class="wpds-c-cYdRxM wpds-c-cYdRxM-iPJLV-css font-copy">Emilio Delgado, an actor and singer known to generations of “Sesame Street” viewers as Luis, the gentle handyman ever able to fix what was broken, died March 10 at his home in Manhattan.  hey what 81</p>
<p data-qa="drop-cap-letter" data-el="text" class="wpds-c-cYdRxM wpds-c-cYdRxM-iPJLV-css font-copy">The cause was multiple myeloma, said his wife, Carole Delgado.</p>
<p data-qa="drop-cap-letter" data-el="text" class="wpds-c-cYdRxM wpds-c-cYdRxM-iPJLV-css font-copy">Millions of children have grown up watching “Sesame Street,” the educational series that premiered on public television in 1969, seeking to harness the power of TV to help teach the medium&#8217;s youngest viewers to count, read and make their way in life.</p>
<p data-qa="drop-cap-letter" data-el="text" class="wpds-c-cYdRxM wpds-c-cYdRxM-iPJLV-css font-copy">Mr. Delgado joined the show in 1971, during its third season, and remained a mainstay of the cast for more than four decades.  His character, Luis Rodriguez, owned the Fix-It Shop and proved as skilled at repairing toasters as he was at singing and dancing.</p>
<p data-qa="drop-cap-letter" data-el="text" class="wpds-c-cYdRxM wpds-c-cYdRxM-iPJLV-css font-copy">From the start, “Sesame Street” was notable for the racially diverse cast of live actors who appeared on-screen with Big Bird, Bert and Ernie, Cookie Monster, Oscar the Grouch and other Muppets created by Jim Henson.</p>
<p data-qa="drop-cap-letter" data-el="text" class="wpds-c-cYdRxM wpds-c-cYdRxM-iPJLV-css font-copy">A Mexican American whose early life straddled the US southern border, Mr. Delgado served for Latino children as a television role model at a time when Hispanic actors, in his words, were largely consigned to playing “banditos, gang members, lowlife characters and sleeping Mexicans under a cactus.”</p>
<p data-qa="drop-cap-letter" data-el="text" class="wpds-c-cYdRxM wpds-c-cYdRxM-iPJLV-css font-copy">&#8220;I&#8217;d been trying all my professional life to be somewhere I can change that, whether I was talking about it or trying to get into a project that showed Latinos in a good light,&#8221; Mr. Delgado told the Houston Chronicle in 2020. “That&#8217;s why &#8216;Sesame Street&#8217; was such a good thing.  For the first time on television, they showed Latinos as real human beings.&#8221;</p>
<p data-qa="drop-cap-letter" data-el="text" class="wpds-c-cYdRxM wpds-c-cYdRxM-iPJLV-css font-copy">“We weren&#8217;t dope addicts.  We weren&#8217;t maids or prostitutes, which [was] the way we were being shown on television [and] film,” he added.  “Here, on &#8216;Sesame Street,&#8217; there were different people who spoke different languages ​​and ate interesting foods, and they were all Americans.”</p>
<p data-qa="drop-cap-letter" data-el="text" class="wpds-c-cYdRxM wpds-c-cYdRxM-iPJLV-css font-copy">Mr. Delgado, who often accompanied himself in song on the guitar, gave many English-speaking children an introduction to Spanish.  He referred to Big Bird, the canary-yellow avian played for many years by puppeteer Caroll Spinney, as &#8220;pájaro,&#8221; the Spanish word for &#8220;bird.&#8221;</p>
<p><span class="font--article-body font-copy hide-for-print ma-0 pb-md db italic interstitial">Caroll Spinney, puppeteer who gave life to Big Bird of &#8216;Sesame Street,&#8217; dies at 85</span></p>
<p data-qa="drop-cap-letter" data-el="text" class="wpds-c-cYdRxM wpds-c-cYdRxM-iPJLV-css font-copy">Mr. Delgado “did a really good job at erasing the boundaries between ethnicities … but not in a way that erased the culture,” Kathryn A. Ostrofsky, a scholar of media history who has studied “Sesame Street,” said in an interview.</p>
<p data-qa="drop-cap-letter" data-el="text" class="wpds-c-cYdRxM wpds-c-cYdRxM-iPJLV-css font-copy">He &#8220;used Chicano culture,&#8221; she added, &#8220;and made it part of the common &#8230; experience that all American children had watching &#8216;Sesame Street&#8217; for generations.&#8221;</p>
<p data-qa="drop-cap-letter" data-el="text" class="wpds-c-cYdRxM wpds-c-cYdRxM-iPJLV-css font-copy">“Sesame Street,” still airing today, became the longest-running children&#8217;s program on American television.  One of its most memorable episodes remains the 1988 installation in which Luis marries his on-screen love, Maria, who was played by actress Sonia Manzano.  In an episode during their courtship, Luis dons a tuxedo to dance with an elegantly dressed Maria in the manner of Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers to a song about the Spanish greeting “Hola.”</p>
<p data-qa="drop-cap-letter" data-el="text" class="wpds-c-cYdRxM wpds-c-cYdRxM-iPJLV-css font-copy">Luis and Maria later had a daughter, Gabriela, who was played for a period by Manzano&#8217;s real-life daughter by the same name.  “Sesame Street” writers used her arrival to explain to young viewers how a baby develops but not — in deference to many parents — how one is conceived.</p>
<p data-qa="drop-cap-letter" data-el="text" class="wpds-c-cYdRxM wpds-c-cYdRxM-iPJLV-css font-copy">“Luis and Maria&#8217;s relationship appeared so real on television, that for decades since, when fans saw them out and about with their actual spouses, Emilio Delgado and Sonia Manzano had a lot of explaining to do,” read a tribute to Mr. Delgado released by the Sesame Workshop after his death.</p>
<p data-qa="drop-cap-letter" data-el="text" class="wpds-c-cYdRxM wpds-c-cYdRxM-iPJLV-css font-copy">Mr. Delgado was born May 8, 1940, in Calexico, Calif., the eldest of six children raised by a single mother.  He spent part of his bringing up with his mother&#8217;s family in Mexicali, Mexico, crossing the border by foot every morning to attend school in Calexico.</p>
<p data-qa="drop-cap-letter" data-el="text" class="wpds-c-cYdRxM wpds-c-cYdRxM-iPJLV-css font-copy">“The border wasn&#8217;t the way we think borders are or need to be,” his wife remarked in a phone interview.  &#8220;All he said was, &#8216;American citizen,&#8217; and they just smiled and waved him on.&#8221;</p>
<p data-qa="drop-cap-letter" data-el="text" class="wpds-c-cYdRxM wpds-c-cYdRxM-iPJLV-css font-copy">&#8220;I heard him say that he had mariachis on one side and rock-and-roll on the other,&#8221; she added, describing the bicultural world of Mr. Delgado&#8217;s youth.  &#8220;He embraced it all.&#8221;</p>
<p data-qa="drop-cap-letter" data-el="text" class="wpds-c-cYdRxM wpds-c-cYdRxM-iPJLV-css font-copy">Mr. Delgado was interested in theater from an early age and was encouraged in his artistic pursuits by his mother.  When he was in high school, he moved to Glendale, Calif., where he participated in musical groups and the theater club.</p>
<p data-qa="drop-cap-letter" data-el="text" class="wpds-c-cYdRxM wpds-c-cYdRxM-iPJLV-css font-copy">Mr. Delgado served for six years in the California National Guard before enrolling at the California Institute of the Arts in Santa Clarita to study theater.  He appeared on the TV drama “Canción de la Raza,” about a Mexican American family, before receiving an invitation to try out as Luis on “Sesame Street.”</p>
<p data-qa="drop-cap-letter" data-el="text" class="wpds-c-cYdRxM wpds-c-cYdRxM-iPJLV-css font-copy">At the time, he said, he was out of work, with a young child to support, and saw the opportunity to join the cast as evidence that an angel was &#8220;looking out&#8221; for him.</p>
<p data-qa="drop-cap-letter" data-el="text" class="wpds-c-cYdRxM wpds-c-cYdRxM-iPJLV-css font-copy">“I had been staring at my last unemployment check when someone from &#8216;Sesame Street&#8217; called to ask if I would like to audition for the show,” he told the San Francisco Chronicle in 2018. “There was no agent involved.  It came out of nowhere.&#8221;</p>
<p data-qa="drop-cap-letter" data-el="text" class="wpds-c-cYdRxM wpds-c-cYdRxM-iPJLV-css font-copy">Interviewed for the book “Street Gang: The Complete History of &#8216;Sesame Street&#8217; &#8221; by Michael Davis, Mr. Delgado said he was given little instruction in how to portray Luis on-screen.</p>
<p data-qa="drop-cap-letter" data-el="text" class="wpds-c-cYdRxM wpds-c-cYdRxM-iPJLV-css font-copy">&#8220;Therefore, there&#8217;s a lot of Emilio in Luis,&#8221; he said.  &#8220;They wanted reality, and that&#8217;s what they got from the cast.&#8221;</p>
<p data-qa="drop-cap-letter" data-el="text" class="wpds-c-cYdRxM wpds-c-cYdRxM-iPJLV-css font-copy">In addition to his role in “Sesame Street” and the program&#8217;s related live performances, Mr. Delgado had a recurring part as newspaper editor Rubin Castillo on the TV series “Lou Grant” starring Ed Asner.  Mr. Delgado also appeared on programs including “Hawaii Five-O,” “Quincy, ME” and “Falcon Crest” and, more recently, the “Law &#038; Order” franchise and “House of Cards,” playing Ambassador Davila.</p>
<p data-qa="drop-cap-letter" data-el="text" class="wpds-c-cYdRxM wpds-c-cYdRxM-iPJLV-css font-copy">Before the onset of the coronavirus pandemic, he performed onstage in Octavio Solis&#8217;s play “Quixote Nuevo,” an adaptation of “Don Quixote” by the Spanish writer Miguel de Cervantes.</p>
<p data-qa="drop-cap-letter" data-el="text" class="wpds-c-cYdRxM wpds-c-cYdRxM-iPJLV-css font-copy">Mr. Delgado&#8217;s marriages to Barbara Snavely and the actress Linda Moon Redfearn ended in divorce.</p>
<p data-qa="drop-cap-letter" data-el="text" class="wpds-c-cYdRxM wpds-c-cYdRxM-iPJLV-css font-copy">Survivors include his wife of 32 years, the former Carole Webb Gillespie of Manhattan;  a son from his first marriage, Aram Delgado of Penzance, England;  a daughter from his third marriage, Lauren Delgado of Tucson;  two brothers;  two sisters;  and a grandson.</p>
<p data-qa="drop-cap-letter" data-el="text" class="wpds-c-cYdRxM wpds-c-cYdRxM-iPJLV-css font-copy">At the Fix-It Shop, ready with a screwdriver in hand, Mr. Delgado repaired radios, clocks and flashlights.  Sometimes an object arrived that could not be made whole, and on those occasions he explained why and what lesson could be drawn from that truth.</p>
<p data-qa="drop-cap-letter" data-el="text" class="wpds-c-cYdRxM wpds-c-cYdRxM-iPJLV-css font-copy">However honest his portrayal of Luis, Mr. Delgado confessed to the Chronicle there was one fundamental difference between him and his character.</p>
<p data-qa="drop-cap-letter" data-el="text" class="wpds-c-cYdRxM wpds-c-cYdRxM-iPJLV-css font-copy">&#8220;I will admit it,&#8221; he said.  “I am not a fixer in real life.  My wife is a better fixer than I am. She can fix anything.&#8221;</p>
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<p data-qa="drop-cap-letter" data-el="text" class="font-copy font--article-body gray-darkest ma-0 pb-md">Mr. Delgado joined the show in 1971, during its third season, and remained a mainstay of the cast for more than four decades.  His character, Luis Rodriguez, owned the Fix-It Shop and proved as skilled at repairing toasters as he was at singing and dancing.</p>
<p>Story continues below advertisement</p>
<p data-qa="drop-cap-letter" data-el="text" class="font-copy font--article-body gray-darkest ma-0 pb-md">From the start, “Sesame Street” was notable for the racially diverse cast of live actors who appeared on-screen with Big Bird, Bert and Ernie, Cookie Monster, Oscar the Grouch and other Muppets created by Jim Henson.</p>
<p data-qa="drop-cap-letter" data-el="text" class="font-copy font--article-body gray-darkest ma-0 pb-md">A Mexican American whose early life straddled the US southern border, Mr. Delgado served for Latino children as a television role model at a time when Hispanic actors, in his words, were largely consigned to playing “banditos, gang members, lowlife characters and sleeping Mexicans under a cactus.”</p>
<p data-qa="drop-cap-letter" data-el="text" class="font-copy font--article-body gray-darkest ma-0 pb-md">&#8220;I&#8217;d been trying all my professional life to be somewhere I can change that, whether I was talking about it or trying to get into a project that showed Latinos in a good light,&#8221; Mr. Delgado told the Houston Chronicle in 2020. “That&#8217;s why &#8216;Sesame Street&#8217; was such a good thing.  For the first time on television, they showed Latinos as real human beings.”</p>
<p>Story continues below advertisement</p>
<p data-qa="drop-cap-letter" data-el="text" class="font-copy font--article-body gray-darkest ma-0 pb-md">“We weren&#8217;t dope addicts.  We weren&#8217;t maids or prostitutes, which [was] the way we were being shown on television [and] film,” he added.  “Here, on &#8216;Sesame Street,&#8217; there were different people who spoke different languages ​​and ate interesting foods, and they were all Americans.”</p>
<p data-qa="drop-cap-letter" data-el="text" class="font-copy font--article-body gray-darkest ma-0 pb-md">Mr. Delgado, who often accompanied himself in song on the guitar, gave many English-speaking children an introduction to Spanish.  He referred to Big Bird, the canary-yellow avian played for many years by puppeteer Caroll Spinney, as &#8220;pájaro,&#8221; the Spanish word for &#8220;bird.&#8221;</p>
<p data-qa="drop-cap-letter" data-el="text" class="font-copy font--article-body gray-darkest ma-0 pb-md">Mr. Delgado “did a really good job at erasing the boundaries between ethnicities … but not in a way that erased the culture,” Kathryn A. Ostrofsky, a scholar of media history who has studied “Sesame Street,” said in an interview.</p>
<p>Story continues below advertisement</p>
<p data-qa="drop-cap-letter" data-el="text" class="font-copy font--article-body gray-darkest ma-0 pb-md">He &#8220;used Chicano culture,&#8221; she added, &#8220;and made it part of the common &#8230; experience that all American children had watching &#8216;Sesame Street&#8217; for generations.&#8221;</p>
<p data-qa="drop-cap-letter" data-el="text" class="font-copy font--article-body gray-darkest ma-0 pb-md">“Sesame Street,” still airing today, became the longest-running children&#8217;s program on American television.  One of its most memorable episodes remains the 1988 installation in which Luis marries his on-screen love, Maria, who was played by actress Sonia Manzano.  In an episode during their courtship, Luis dons a tuxedo to dance with an elegantly dressed Maria in the manner of Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers to a song about the Spanish greeting “Hola.”</p>
<p data-qa="drop-cap-letter" data-el="text" class="font-copy font--article-body gray-darkest ma-0 pb-md">Luis and Maria later had a daughter, Gabriela, who was played for a period by Manzano&#8217;s real-life daughter by the same name.  “Sesame Street” writers used her arrival to explain to young viewers how a baby develops but not — in deference to many parents — how one is conceived.</p>
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<p data-qa="drop-cap-letter" data-el="text" class="font-copy font--article-body gray-darkest ma-0 pb-md">“Luis and Maria&#8217;s relationship appeared so real on television, that for decades since, when fans saw them out and about with their actual spouses, Emilio Delgado and Sonia Manzano had a lot of explaining to do,” read a tribute to Mr. Delgado released by the Sesame Workshop after his death.</p>
<p data-qa="drop-cap-letter" data-el="text" class="font-copy font--article-body gray-darkest ma-0 pb-md">Mr. Delgado was born May 8, 1940, in Calexico, Calif., the eldest of six children raised by a single mother.  He spent part of his bringing up with his mother&#8217;s family in Mexicali, Mexico, crossing the border by foot every morning to attend school in Calexico.</p>
<p data-qa="drop-cap-letter" data-el="text" class="font-copy font--article-body gray-darkest ma-0 pb-md">“The border wasn&#8217;t the way we think borders are or need to be,” his wife remarked in a phone interview.  &#8220;All he said was, &#8216;American citizen,&#8217; and they just smiled and waved him on.&#8221;</p>
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<p data-qa="drop-cap-letter" data-el="text" class="font-copy font--article-body gray-darkest ma-0 pb-md">&#8220;I heard him say that he had mariachis on one side and rock-and-roll on the other,&#8221; she added, describing the bicultural world of Mr. Delgado&#8217;s youth.  &#8220;He embraced it all.&#8221;</p>
<p data-qa="drop-cap-letter" data-el="text" class="font-copy font--article-body gray-darkest ma-0 pb-md">Mr. Delgado was interested in theater from an early age and was encouraged in his artistic pursuits by his mother.  When he was in high school, he moved to Glendale, Calif., where he participated in musical groups and the theater club.</p>
<p data-qa="drop-cap-letter" data-el="text" class="font-copy font--article-body gray-darkest ma-0 pb-md">Mr. Delgado served for six years in the California National Guard before enrolling at the California Institute of the Arts in Santa Clarita to study theater.  He appeared on the TV drama “Canción de la Raza,” about a Mexican American family, before receiving an invitation to try out as Luis on “Sesame Street.”</p>
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<p data-qa="drop-cap-letter" data-el="text" class="font-copy font--article-body gray-darkest ma-0 pb-md">At the time, he said, he was out of work, with a young child to support, and saw the opportunity to join the cast as evidence that an angel was &#8220;looking out&#8221; for him.</p>
<p data-qa="drop-cap-letter" data-el="text" class="font-copy font--article-body gray-darkest ma-0 pb-md">“I had been staring at my last unemployment check when someone from &#8216;Sesame Street&#8217; called to ask if I would like to audition for the show,” he told the San Francisco Chronicle in 2018. “There was no agent involved.  It came out of nowhere.&#8221;</p>
<p data-qa="drop-cap-letter" data-el="text" class="font-copy font--article-body gray-darkest ma-0 pb-md">&#8220;Therefore, there&#8217;s a lot of Emilio in Luis,&#8221; he said.  &#8220;They wanted reality, and that&#8217;s what they got from the cast.&#8221;</p>
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<p data-qa="drop-cap-letter" data-el="text" class="font-copy font--article-body gray-darkest ma-0 pb-md">In addition to his role in “Sesame Street” and the program&#8217;s related live performances, Mr. Delgado had a recurring part as newspaper editor Rubin Castillo on the TV series “Lou Grant” starring Ed Asner.  Mr. Delgado also appeared on programs including “Hawaii Five-O,” “Quincy, ME” and “Falcon Crest” and, more recently, the “Law &#038; Order” franchise and “House of Cards,” playing Ambassador Davila.</p>
<p data-qa="drop-cap-letter" data-el="text" class="font-copy font--article-body gray-darkest ma-0 pb-md">Before the onset of the coronavirus pandemic, he performed onstage in Octavio Solis&#8217;s play “Quixote Nuevo,” an adaptation of “Don Quixote” by the Spanish writer Miguel de Cervantes.</p>
<p data-qa="drop-cap-letter" data-el="text" class="font-copy font--article-body gray-darkest ma-0 pb-md">Mr. Delgado&#8217;s marriages to Barbara Snavely and the actress Linda Moon Redfearn ended in divorce.</p>
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<p data-qa="drop-cap-letter" data-el="text" class="font-copy font--article-body gray-darkest ma-0 pb-md">Survivors include his wife of 32 years, the former Carole Webb Gillespie of Manhattan;  a son from his first marriage, Aram Delgado of Penzance, England;  a daughter from his third marriage, Lauren Delgado of Tucson;  two brothers;  two sisters;  and a grandson.</p>
<p data-qa="drop-cap-letter" data-el="text" class="font-copy font--article-body gray-darkest ma-0 pb-md">At the Fix-It Shop, ready with a screwdriver in hand, Mr. Delgado repaired radios, clocks and flashlights.  Sometimes an object arrived that could not be made whole, and on those occasions he explained why and what lesson could be drawn from that truth.</p>
<p data-qa="drop-cap-letter" data-el="text" class="font-copy font--article-body gray-darkest ma-0 pb-md">However honest his portrayal of Luis, Mr. Delgado confessed to the Chronicle there was one fundamental difference between him and his character.</p>
<p data-qa="drop-cap-letter" data-el="text" class="font-copy font--article-body gray-darkest ma-0 pb-md">&#8220;I will admit it,&#8221; he said.  “I am not a fixer in real life.  My wife is a better fixer than I am. She can fix anything.&#8221;</p>
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