Champa Bay.

Damn, I wish I’d thought of that.

But yeah, I’m totally stealing it.

And add one more to the record books for said Bay with the NHL’s Lightning hoisting the Stanley Cup for the second time in two COVID-shortened seasons. With its cup-clinching victory Wednesday night the Lightning secured an unusual (hat) trick… a night, btw, in which five Tampa Bay Rays hurlers combined on a 7-inning no-hitter down the road in St. Pete.

So this is what we look for: a “big four” pro team repeats as champions while another team from the same city gets its own championship sandwiched in between. Scowering through a few almanacs today I think I’ve determined that the most recent time such an unusual occurrence, um, occurred was when the New England Patriots won back-to-back Super Bowls in February 2004 and February 2005 while the Red Sox squeezed one in there in October ’04. (Less said about that one the better.)

Can the Rays be far behind?

With Tom Brady coming back for season seven hundred can the Bucs do it again?

After all, this is Champa Bay.