White Sox's Tim Anderson on honoring Jackie Robinson: 'I'll never take that for granted'

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Chicago White Sox star Tim Anderson talked about the opportunity to wear Jackie Robinson’s No. 42 on the day celebrating his legacy and the breaking of the color barrier in Major League Baseball.

The league celebrates Robinson on April 15 each season. In 2022, each player will wear the No. 42 in Dodger blue for the first time. Anderson was asked in a recent episode of the "Black Diamonds" podcast about what it meant to him to don the No. 42.

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Tim Anderson of the White Sox reacts during the Seattle Mariners game at Guaranteed Rate Field on April 13, 2022, in Chicago. (Quinn Harris/Getty Images)

"Man, it's a blessing. You understand and you learn the things that he went through. He did it all for a guy like me, you know, for guys like myself to be able to strap on this uniform," he said. 

"And he did something that's still going on today, and it is gonna continue to go on. So I think that should be enough for the people to know how big of an impact he was to the game, to the community, to the culture just overall. It's just such an honor to be able to put on 42, and I'll never take that for granted. Never."

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Tim Anderson of the White Sox fields against the Seattle Mariners on opening day at Guaranteed Rate Field on April 12, 2022, in Chicago. (Ron Vesely/Getty Images)

Anderson has been a bright spot on the White Sox since he entered the majors in 2016. He won the batting title in 2019 and was an All-Star for the first time in 2021.

"I'm doing something I love, you know, and there's a lot of people out