For the past eight years, Bill Chapman has attended and photographed "The Classic" game at Rickwood Field. Chapman, manager of Humanities Faculty Services at Harvard University, feels this best represents the game of baseball and its fans in both a social historical context unique in America. The hundredth anniversary of Rickwood Field has given him the chance to reflect on the photographs he has taken over the past eight years and to organize them in a way which shows the spirit and diversity of the people who attend the game there.

"Rickwood Field has a charisma all by itself, but by adding the fans, it becomes a truly magnificent American experience," said Chapman. "It has now been a national treasure for 100 years and may it continue to be it for many more decades."

Bill Chapman has been photographing baseball exclusively since 1990. He has traveled to more than 60 ballparks and photographed hundreds of games all across America.