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Director of Alumni Relations Judie Barroll asks attendees to sign the guest book.

Moderator George Buckless, class of 1969, introduces the two speakers during Hall of Fame weekend.

Bob Greenberg, WC class of 1974 and also a graduate of law school at UMBC, presents information on his book "Swish" Nicholson: A Biography of Wartime Baseball's Leading Slugger.

Greenberg discusses "Swish" (Bill Nicholson) in more detail, explaining his journey from Chestertown High, to Washington College, to the Chicago Cubs in the 1940s. Greenberg, who works as a judge in Montgomery County, Maryland, prided Nicholson as "perhaps the greatest slugger in the game" at that time.

Mark Millikin, the second speaker, takes the podium to discuss his book Jimmie Fox: the Pride of Sudlersville. Millikin said that Foxx, who played for the Queen Anne's County All Stars in 1923 and then went on to play for the Philadelphia A's and the Red Sox, was one of the greatest sluggers in Major League Baseball during his 1925 to 1945 career, when he was once second in home runs only to Babe Ruth.

Millikin explains that, though he has published journal articles related to his work as a fishery manager, the process of writing long-form nonfiction was quite different. He said he was impressed with how friendly Eastern shore locals were, but he was frustrated in his search for facts when he came across several versions of the same story while doing research.

Moderator Buckless poses a question to the two authors.

Audience members have a chance to pose questions.

Greenberg and Millikin take turns answering questions. Greenberg explained that "Swish" was discovered by WC's Coach Kibler, after whom the old Kibler Field was named.