When Chicago White Sox shortstop Tim Anderson saw that teammate Lucas Giolito posted a message supporting the Black Lives Matter movement late last week -- and in doing so became one of the first white major league players to speak publicly about the death of George Floyd -- he didn't even blink an eye.
"I know Gio, so I wasn't shocked by it," Anderson said. "I definitely know how he feels, because these are the conversations we had before we all [America] got here."
When the pair became teammates in 2017, Anderson noticed Giolito always asked different, more insightful questions about his experience as a black American.