Matt Dahlgren is the author of the book Rumor in Town: A Grandson's Promise to Right a Wrong. The book chronicles the career of his grandfather, Babe Dahlgren, who succeeded Lou Gehrig as the first baseman of the New York Yankees and who was falsely rumored to have smoked marijuana. In this book the younger Dahlgren tells the story of how his grandfather spent more than half of his life trying to clear his name.