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August
14, 2008
'Handshake
of the Century'
Peterman's Eye: a Community of Curious Minds
"In the third inning, Robinson hit a two-run homer to left field. As he crossed the plate, one of his white teammates, George "Shotgun" Shuba, shook his hand. And everyone noticed..."
Tuesday,
January 2, 2008
"Historic Moment Captured in Photo"
Former Brooklyn Dodger George "Shotgun" Shuba and his son have secured the rights to a photo picturing a handshake that helped break baseball's color barrier.
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Jackie Robinson: Montreal Royals (Click for Article)
"Shuba is recognized often for being in one of the most famous
photographs taken of Jackie Robinson. After the Montreal Royals wrapped
up spring training in Daytona Beach, the team went north to play its
regular minor league season opening game in Jersey City, New Jersey..."
NBC Sports
"Legacy of Robinson's Minor League Debut Lives" -
Handshake of the Century (Click for Article)
“There are bound to be hundreds, thousands of those stories out there that we don’t know about and that’s why Jackie being in this league, the handshake involving Mr. Shuba, things like that we have no idea or we can’t quantify how they have shaped the world today and the way people have conducted themselves or the way people have progressed after being inspired by that.”
Ohio Wesleyan University - Connect2 OWU
Gripping Memories - March 21, 2007 (Click for Article)
"For George “Shotgun” Shuba, the action was automatic. Whenhis Montreal Royals teammate crossed home plate after sending a pitch soaring over the outfield fence, Shuba enthusiastically shook the man’s hand."
“About 10 photographers were there taking pictures,” Shuba recalls, “and the rest was history.”
Canada.com
"Robinson's
Heroics Remembered 60 Years Later"- July 24, 2006 (Click for Article)
OTTAWA - The two old men were not always this age, of course, although despite their hearing aids they remain hale and hearty into their 80s.
"George (Shotgun) Shuba and Jean-Pierre Roy were
once front-row witnesses to one of the prouder moments in Montreal's
history, when the city welcomed Jackie Robinson in 1946 for a test run
on his way to breaking Major League Baseball's colour barrier the following
year with the Brooklyn Dodgers."
Sons of Steve Garvey
George "Shotgun" Shuba - January 6, 2007 (Click for Article)
"Playing for the Montreal team in the Dodgers'
organization, a very young George Shuba — he was 21 at the time
— was waiting to bat and did what came naturally when his teammate,
Jackie Robinson, crossed home plate after hitting his first home run."
The Hudson Reporter
A magic moment in black and white George 'Shotgun'
Shuba remembers Jackie Robinson, his former teammate - May 9, 2006 (Click for Article)
"When Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier George Shuba watched from the on-deck circle. When Robinson crossed home plate after hitting a home run, it was Shuba who was the first to shake his hand. It's a moment that has been immortalized by an amazing and historically important photograph..."
Taipei Times
"Jackie Robinson Reminds US How Far They've Come" (Click for Article)
By Dave Anderson
NY TIMES NEWS SERVICE, NEW YORK
Tuesday, April 18, 2006, Page 19
"Nobody gives it a second thought when it happens now, but 60 years ago on Tuesday, organized baseball had its first black-white home-run handshake."
Rotary District 6600 - Tribune Chronicle
"Handshake of the Century - April 18, 2006" (Click for Article)
NILES — "Jackie Robinson deserves all the credit in the world for breaking the color barrier in Major League Baseball. However, he did receive some help along the way, and Youngstown’s George Shuba certainly played his part."
"Shuba and Robinson shared what is called ‘‘The Handshake of the Century.’’ Robinson, playing in his first minor league game with white players, homered. As he crossed home plate, Shuba, who was next in the batting order, shook Robinson’s hand..."
News Journal Online
"Thrust onto Center Stage" - March 12, 2006" (Click for Article)
George Shuba, who played for Hopper with Montreal in 1946, remembers his skipper as being unassuming.
“I think Rickey picked him because he knew he would be able to handle it,” Shuba said. “Clay was a quiet fellow, never showed much emotion, or talked too much.
“But I never saw him treat Jackie or Johnny any differently than anyone else.”
"Jackie Robinson an Answer Blacks Desperately Needed" - March 12, 2006" (Click for Article)
WHITES ON TEAM GAVE ROBINSON SPACE
"George Shuba, an outfielder on the ´46 Montreal squad, says the team was sensitive to the pressure on Robinson, a 27-year-old, college-educated Army veteran handpicked by Rickey to break baseball´s color barrier."
"Though players and executives elsewhere had spoken out against Rickey´s drive to integrate baseball, Shuba remembers a Royals team that was neither warm nor hostile toward Robinson."
“Because he was under a lot of pressure, we didn´t try to get real close to him or ask him a lot of questions,” Shuba said in a recent telephone interview from his Youngstown, Ohio, home. “We knew Jackie had a big job on his hands...We admired the fella.”
MiLB.com
Minor League Baseball Features: "Remembering Jackie Robinson" (Click for Article)
April 20, 1946
"Robinson again helped spark a lopsided win over Jersey City, going 1-for-2 with a pair of runs scored and two more stolen bases -- giving him four in two games -- in a 9-1 victory. The Royals' center fielder and leadoff hitter, Marvin , swiped four bases on his way to setting a Montreal franchise record with a league-leading 65. But the undisputed hero of the game was outfielder George "Shotgun" Shuba. The 21-year-old outfielder from Youngstown, Ohio, swatted three home runs and drove in four of Montreal's nine runs. He would go on to play parts of seven seasons for the Brooklyn Dodgers, highlighted by a pinch-hit home run in his only at-bat of the 1952 World Series. But Shuba became immortalized two days before his three-homer game when he was photographed offering his hand to Robinson as Jackie stepped on home plate following his first Minor League home run."
Batting second in the Royals lineup, Robinson grounded out to shortstop on a full-count pitch in the top of the first inning. It was the only out he would make all day. In the third inning, with Montreal leading by a run, Tom Tatum and George Shuba reached base in front of Robinson, who again worked the count to 3-and-2. "I swung at the next pitch with everything I had," he recounted. "There was a crack like a rifle shot in my ears. The ball sailed some 340 feet and disappeared over the left-field fence. Tatum and Shuba trotted home ahead of me. Once again those Jersey City fans cheered and applauded, and when I crossed home plate, George Shuba was waiting for me. 'That's the way to hit that ball, Jackie,' Shuba said. 'That's the old ball game right there.' He shook my hand."
(Click Here to Listen to Shuba recall the event)
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