THE BEST TEAM MONEY CAN BUY:

The Los Angeles Dodgers’ Wild Struggle to Build a Baseball Powerhouse By Molly Knight

SALINAS, CA (August 2015) John Steinbeck insisted that his beloved younger sister Mary was a better writer than he. A love of writing is, no doubt, strong in the Steinbeck family. Mary’s great granddaughter has hit a home run with her first book, The Best Team Money Can Buy. (Steinbeck also wrote about sports—once—in a little essay called “Then My Arm Glassed up.” He admits that his interest in sports is “cool” and yet his wife Elaine was a staunch Dodgers fan: “I guess our family devoted more pure spiritual energy to the Dodgers than to any other religious organization. This, of course, was before they defected to the West.” )

Niece Molly is a fan of the Dodgers in the West, and she will be reading from her new book at the National Steinbeck Center on Sunday, August 23 at 3:00 pm. There will be a members' reception and greeting before the reading at 2:00 pm.

The National Steinbeck Center is located at One Main Street in Salinas, California, the birthplace of John Steinbeck. It is a museum and cultural institution dedicated to serving the community, the region and the nation, enhancing awareness of Steinbeck’s works and ideas. The National Steinbeck Center fosters the arts and promotes discussion of social issues.

Talk / Q&A / Signing National Steinbeck Center

· Sunday, August 23rd

· 3:00 p.m. 2:00 pm Members' reception

· National Steinbeck Center One Main Street Salinas

There is no cost. RSVP not required

· Meet the Author Molly Knight

· Listen to a talk about Molly Knight’s new book THE BEST TEAM MONEY CAN BUY: The Los Angeles Dodgers’ Wild Struggle to Build a Baseball

· For more information about this and other events, visit our website at www.steinbeck.org.

What the critics are saying!

“A searching portrait of the Los Angeles Dodgers' 2013 season….an exciting season, which

Knight chronicles with style and discernment. She knows the science of the game, its strange

geometry and freakish physics, as well as its history and etiquette….With acumen, Knight

delivers an elegant précis of a baseball team's season, and you don't have to be a Dodgers fan

to enjoy it.”—Kirkus Reviews


About the book

Title: THE BEST TEAM MONEY CAN BUY: The Los Angeles Dodgers’ Wild Struggle to Build a Baseball

Powerhouse

Author: Molly Knight

Pub Date: July 14, 2015

Price: $26.00 hardcover

Pages: 336

ISBN: 978-1-4767-7629-3

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