Tuesday Links

T.J. Simers of the L.A. Times has a great column about the Dodgers — why does Ned Colletti get a free pass when past general managers didn’t? I promise to have an in-depth analysis of Colletti’s tenure later on, as soon as the Dodger collapse is complete. 

Madden 2008 came out today, and here’s a review from Sportable and another from AOL Fanhouse. As for me, I bought the NCAA Football 2008 game on opening day and I’ve been happy with it so far, so I won’t be buying Madden anytime soon.

Developers are taking advantage of tax breaks from Hurricane Katrina to build luxury condos for Alabama fans. Roll Tide! (The Wizard of Odds). Deadspin has a post on this too.

I’m about to say something good about the Red Sox: I love Tim Wakefield, and he has great value. (I love Baseball, but I Bleed Red.)

Anyone who can manage long enough to be 200 games under .500 must be a good person, or doing something right. Ballhype’s Chris Jaffe has a tribute to Buddy Bell.

Joe Morgan makes more errors on the air. (Fire Joe Morgan)