Carlos Correa paid homage to Prince after his two-run homer Thursday night, pulling out a purple vest and inflatable purple guitar to celebrate the blast in a 6-2 win over the A's.
Correa paid homage to the Minneapolis music icon after his two-run homer in the seventh inning, donning a purple vest and hat and grabbing an inflatable purple guitar to celebrate the blast with his teammates when he returned to the dugout.already had the inflatable guitar from a previous season's Prince Night giveaway. The vest and hat rounded out the look.
"I'm like, 'This is creative. I love this,'" Correa said of his reaction to seeing the purple celebration props during pregame."I was like, 'I want to hit a home run so bad!' It happened in the last at-bat, but it happened. It's a great idea. I loved it." On Prince Day, Twins shortstop Carlos Correa celebrates his seventh-inning homer by donning a purple vest and hat and grabbing an inflatable purple guitar in the dugout. One day after the Twins had a season-high 24 hits against the Rockies, Minnesota banged out 13 hits -- 12 singles and Correa's homer."I'm all for finding things sometimes not related to baseball that can bring us closer not only as players but also as people, as friends, as brothers," Lopez said.
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