Scouting out baseball's 'Demon Barber'.(News)(Talk of the town)

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Byline: Dave Heun Sal Maglie was "the enemy" in the eyes of Judith Testa and any other Brooklyn Dodger fan of the early 1950s. After all, Maglie played for the rival New York Giants. And the Dodgers simply could not beat him. But Testa, an art history teacher at Northern Illinois University from 1969 to 2000 and resident of St.

Charles for nearly six years, always had it in her mind that she would like to write a book about baseball. She was most intrigued by Maglie, whom she claims was a "sinister" foe in the eyes of young Dodger fans. Growing up on Long Island, Testa eventually became a fan of Maglie, who pitched for the Dodgers during two seasons and was the opposing pitcher on the day Don Larsen of the Yankees pitched a perfect game against her...