Dodgers rumored to be interested in Giants’ Will Smith

It was August 9, 2007. The Dodgers were five games behind the first place Diamondbacks who were, at the time, the NL’s winningest team with 65 wins. The led the NL West by three games over the second place Padres, five games over the Rockies and Dodgers, both of which were 59-55 and 14.5 games better than the last place Giants.

The Houston Astros were in the NL Central, Clayton Kershaw was finishing his first season of minor league baseball and Cody Bellinger was 12-years-old.

The Dodgers wanted to shift things around on the roster. Then general manager, Ned Colletti told ESPN that the Dodgers needed someone who could work well off the bench, someone who could be a change of pace in the…