Johnson, Maddux know jack -- back-to-back

Monday meanderings

Compare and contrast: Sunday's back-to-back-to-back home runs bythe White Sox off New York Yankees left-hander/future Hall of FamerRandy Johnson and back-to-back homers by the Colorado Rockies offCubs right-hander/ future Hall of Famer Greg Maddux.

*Amazing what a six-run inning can do for a seven-game skid -- andhow it can turn the Big Unit into the Big Digit.

*Compare and contrast: pessimism among White Sox fans with theirteam holding a comfortable -- albeit suddenly shrunken -- lead in theAmerican League Central and optimism among Cubs fans with their teamstill trying to reach .500 in its quest to become a viable candidatefor postseason …