The great philosopher Meat Loaf once said: two out of three ain’t bad.

He may have been talking about Pittsburgh professional sports.

The Pittsburgh Steelers won the Super Bowl in February. Last night the Pittsburgh Penguins won a dramatic Game 7 in Detroit against the Red Wings to capture the Stanley Cup.

The only thing missing on a championship “Triple Crown” is the Pittsburgh Pirates.

Crazier things have happened. After all, a seagull decided a baseball game in Cleveland the other night. Maybe the Pirates should ask the Pittsburgh Zoo to open the doors on the wildlife cages and let animals roam free. Perhaps a Bornean orangutan can maul Detroit pitcher Armando Galarraga tonight so the Bucs can actually score some runs.

That may be the only way to complete this rare sports trifecta.

Pittsburgh has a history of winning championships in bunches.

The Steelers and Pirates pulled off the double dip in 1979. Everyone sang “We Are Family” in the streets.

The New England region came close to a triple crown when the Patriots reached the Super Bowl, the Boston Celtics won the NBA title and the Red Sox reached the playoffs. In fact, the Boston area can conceivably win four championships in one year: the Bruins had the No. 1 seed in the NHL playoffs after all.

But two titles in five months are pretty special.

And rare.

Three in nine months would be a miracle.

Hey, who knows? The Pirates are only five games out in a National League Central Division that no team seems to want to win.

Perhaps seeing their brethren in the two other professional sports in the city celebrate championships will make the Bucs so jealous, Ian Snell will throw strikes, Adam LaRoche will make contact and Freddy Sanchez will field ground balls that aren’t hit directly at him – my friend Sarah’s tortoise Titus has more range.

Then Pittsburgh can truly claim the title: “City of Champions.”