"Move over, Maz and Franco, you have a third member of the perpetual Pittsburgh superhero club.

Bill Mazeroski and Franco Harris report that not a day goes by without someone asking them about their famous World Series home run or Immaculate Reception. The two feats, performed 12 years apart, could never be surpassed. Except now there are three in Pittsburgh.

Santonio Holmes' Super Bowl-winning catch Feb. 1 deserves equal time with Maz's home run that smote the mighty New York Yankees in the 1960 World Series and with Franco's Immaculate Reception in 1972 that brought the Steelers their first playoff victory.

As with those two men, Holmes forever will be linked to one unforgettable play in Pittsburgh sports history.

"That's going to be a tag for the rest of my life, when I'm dead and gone," Holmes said yesterday as the Super Bowl MVP prepares for his fourth NFL season.

All were young players when they performed their Pittsburgh miracles. Mazeroski was 25, Harris 22 and in his rookie season, Holmes 24.

Mazeroski and Harris, the Steelers' first Super Bowl MVP, went on to their respective sport's Halls of Fame. They still say they gladly endure people asking them about their one-play feats over these so many years. Perhaps Holmes will get tired of it some day, but it does not sound as if he will."