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Terry McDermott

Terry McDermott
Terry McDermott is a former national reporter for the Los Angeles Times and the author of Off Speed: Baseball, Pitching, and the Art of Deception; The Hunt for KSM: Inside the Pursuit and Takedown of the Real 9/11 Mastermind, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed; 101 Theory Drive: The Discovery of Memory; and Perfect Soldiers: The 9/11 Hijackers—Who They Were, Why They Did It. A native of Iowa, he now lives in southern California.


The Fine Art of Cheating in Baseball

Remembering Red Faber, One of the Last Great Spitballers
May 15, 2017  By Terry McDermott
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