By Ron Shelton In an excerpt from his new book, writer and director Ron Shelton recounts his own time on the farm—where some familiar events occurred. Exceprted from The Church of Baseball by Ron Shelton. Copyright © 2022 by Ron Shelton. Excerpted by permission of Alfred A. Knopf, a division of Penguin Random House LLC. All rights reserved. No part of this excerpt may be reproduced or reprinted without permission in writing from the publisher. Buy the book here. I signed the minor league contract for five hundred dollars per month at 10 p.m. at LAX. It was the standard beginning wage in the la…