Shuba became somewhat famous for a photograph taken in 1946 of him shaking Jackie Robinson's hand as Robinson crossed home plate. At the time the two were minor league teammates; they wound up spending seven years together with the Brooklyn Dodgers. Shuba was the last living man to have been on the field when the Dodgers won the 1955 World Series. O'Brien and his brother John (#223) were both bonus babies with the Pittsburgh Pirates. Neither amounted to much, although they did become the first set of twins to play in the same game in the majors.
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