Indians Pitcher Allen Shouts Out at Jemele Hill Defending Patriots' Owner Kraft's Gesture

Ex-ESPN anchor Jemele Hill took exception at a gesture Thursday from New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft in which he brought over 1.7 million masks from China to Boston using the Patriots team plane. Indians reliever Logan Allen called Hill out for the tweet.

A Cleveland Indians pitcher is speaking out about a tweet from former ESPN broadcaster and now writer for The Atlantic Jemele Hill.

The controversy began when Hill tweeted out earlier on Thursday a ‘reminder’ about New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft and his relationship with current U.S. President Donald Trump.

This is where I remind people that Robert Kraft is friends with Donald Trump and gave to his campaign. It’s incredible the Kraft family is doing this, but hope they understand their money helped empower their ✌🏾friend✌🏾 https://t.co/IytC5C5bIX

— Jemele Hill (@jemelehill) April 2, 2020

The tweet was in response to a tweet by the Boston Globe about a story reporting that Kraft used the NFL’s Patriots team plane to bring in 1.7 million N95 masks from China to Boston.

That didn’t sit well with Hill, who replied to the Boston Globe tweet to connect Kraft’s relationship with Trump and to ‘remind’ the Kraft family that they have helped ‘empower’ the current president.

Hill’s tweet got the attention of Indians relief pitcher Logan Allen, who Thursday evening said that Hill’s tweet is ‘part of the problem’ and that it’s nothing more than a ‘nice gesture’ done by the Kraft family to try and help out in the Covid-19 pandemic in the United States.

Why can’t this just be a nice gesture done by the Kraft family? People these days twist EVERYTHING. You’re part of the problem https://t.co/sXDPUxzxKX

— Logan Allen (@Logan__Allen) April 3, 2020

Hill has yet to respond to Allen, who was part of the three-team trade with the Indians and Cincinnati Reds which netted the Tribe outfielders Yasiel Puig and Franmil Reyes.