. >> it was recognized because of spalding. >> yes, he actually founded spalding sporting goods.hey were the great advocates of the national league and virtue and this whole, and the kind of mythology that led to ultimately field of dreams. >> some of spalding's writings looks like -- >> he was wildly over the top about american character and nobility and manhood. >> yeah, all that. stuff >> all that virtuous stuff. but it also led to wet was later revealed to be an entirely and completely fake history of the origins of baseball. the national league commissioned a study. all of major league baseball studied commission on the history of baseball and they determined that it was invented by this man on the field in rural cooperatives cooperstown new york that's why the baseball hall of fame is in cooperstown. it started subsequently you know that was basically a fiction created to further this miss of rural virtue. because in cities they were considered dirty and messi, and a gang full of immigrants and all that. this noble gang could not possibly you know have this there, so they d

that official transition going into effect on august 1st. >> yeah, spalding a long-time bayne executiveou delivered a few of our coinbase memes and commentary we pulled off the web. this one from dr. momo using the infamous performance at the super bowl coinbase. it is the most utilized platform for crypto purchases no doubt in my mind this thing sticks around for years to come and performs as one of the leaders in the fintech space according to his tweet, carl >> guys, we continue to watch indications on coinbase. we will be watching that closely. by the way, this great week on "techcheck", the inaugural week rolls on friday it is brian chesky of airbnb let's get to "the half." >>> carl, thanks so much welcome to "the halftime report." i'm scott wapner front and center, the moment of truth for the banks, crypto and your money as earnings seasons gets under way and coinbase goes public our investment committee joining me, jenny harrington at gillman hill asset manager michael farr is here, president of farr, miller and washington jon thatnajarian and joe terrana the russell is having a

. >> spalding sporting goods. >> they were the great, you know, advocates of the national league and virtue and this whole -- and the kind of mythology that led to ultimately "field of dreams" and stuff like that. >> you have some of spaulding's writing in the book. >> spalding was wildly over the top about american character and nobility and manhood. >> yeah, yeah, all that stuff. >> all this virtuous stuff. but it also led to what was later revealed to be an entirely and completely fake history of the origins of baseball, the national league commissioned a sort of study -- all of major league baseball, a study commission on the history of baseball that determined that it was invented by this man named doubleday on a field in rural cooperstown, new york, which is why the baseball hall of fame is in cooperstown. baseball historians discovered that was basically a fiction created to further this myth of a kind of rural virtue because in cities -- cities were considered dirty and messy and full of immigrants and all that, this noble game could not possibly have really had its roots the

what's interesting with this little book over here, this spalding guide, this was a spanish american edition -- spanish english edition put out which covers all the cuban leagues, the most important league in latin america at the time. up above we have an image of minnie minoso, one of the later wave of cube an players. what happened in the first wave is those were all white players. by the time you get to the 1950, after jackie robinson and the major leagues are looking at the caribbean as a major source of talent, they're not only looking at white players. minnie minoso goes on to become quite a start. he returned home to cuba to open up a little league season. we've included this picture of fernando valenzuela on the cover of "sports illustrated," in part because of the title "making his way in the usa." he's been with the dodgers for five years, he's just now settling in, a much better command of english, and he doesn't become a citizen for a number of years later, but he is part of a whole process that is happening newspaper los angeles at the time. there's a lot of discussion i

also it's the resource not go into producing all of this for it to be shipped all over the world spalding single use pos the next and then to be done it's always state so in order to restore the balance we need to connect better with our food so much more local state and seasonal food systems i think it's more crucial now than ever given the how quickly climate change is affecting every single one of us globally that we consider our impact it's more in terms of the so that we purchase the seasonality of food sustainability of food the packaging not on the food source from there's a lot we can do is consumers and there's lots and lots of projects that can get both delivered race but also stop some of which we purchase at home which we list as we go about how busy daily lives eating if we're lucky enough or 3 meals a day. it's so easy to forget where our food comes from and how challenging it can be to us but a lot of what gets spent comes from smallholder farmers from around the world and it's them who are struggling mr copas climate change intensifies and so health declines and for our ne

this spalding guide is that this was a spanish american edition spanish english edition. that was put out in the covers all of the the cuban leagues which was by far the most important league in latin america at the time. up above we have this image of minnie minosa one of a later wave of cuban players what had happened in the first wave was that those were all white players by the time you get to the 1950s after jackie robinson and the major leagues are looking at the caribbean as a great source of talent. they're no longer only looking at white players and so many minosa goes on to become to become quite a star. this was taken in 1958 when he returned home to cuba to open up a little league season. we've included this picture of a fernando valenzuela from 1985 on the cover of sports illustrated in part because of the title making his way in the usa the idea that he's been with the dodgers for five years now, but he's just now settling in he's got a much better command of english and he doesn't become a citizen for a number of years later, but he is part of a whole proce

and for those watching i am suzanne spalding, i am the senior adviser for csis. i want to echo the welcome to all of you, for this latest installment in a yearlong strategic dialog, that we have been talking about. civics as a national security imperative. it's made possible by funding from creating new maher philanthropies. director wray, in your remarks today, you have talked about the threat of influence and disinformation, for the last three years there have been many democratic institution projects, and we've been working to understand and counter adversary attacks on our democracy and our democratic institutions. with a particular focus on russian disinformation. that undermines public trust in our justice system. including courts, law enforcement, and you in your team have been looking at this for quite some time. how dangerous do you think these information operations, disinformation from our adversaries how seriously she would be taking this? >> we take it extremely seriously. you know, at the end of the day, part of what i would consider a crucial compo

assume the position as executive chairman the online fashion retailer naming president elizabeth spaldingplace lake as chief executive. she will also be elected to the board. the leadership changes go in effect august 1st. katrina lake founded the company back in 2011 while a student at a business school. and she's one of the youngest women after to take a company public she was 34 when stitch fix started trading. dom, she's not yet 40. i'm sure a lot of folks are wondering what is her next chapter. >> i'm wondering what the heck i've done with my life, bertha bertha coombs, thank you for those headlines. >> incredible. >>> we'll see you later this hour back to the markets, there are five themes for investors, seema shaw is the chief strategist at global investors pgi, seema, thank you for joining us here. what do we have going on in terms of your thoughts is this earnings season going to be enough fundamentally to care this rally into the next few months >> hi, dom, yes, we doll believe that the earning expectations are improving in line with economic recovery we're seeing economic data

current president elizabeth spalding will succeed her as ceo effective august 1st >>> all right.e jeff bezos blue origin expected to launch the latest test flight today the company putting a hold on the timing of that test. it's being referred to as an astronaut rehearsal as the company is moving closer to sending people past the edge of space. meantime, speaking of billionaire-backed private space companies. sierra space an independent company under the s and c umbrella sy -- sierra space can land on an airport runway it has contracted with nasa and a commercial space station comprised of inflatable habitats the vision, space transportation, destinations and infrastructure including in an increasingly commercialized low-earth orbit. the president erin osmond writing, quote, what started as a 40 million acquisition has grown the revenue by ten times to $400 million today and will reach $4 billion within 5 to 10 years. the move is intended to accelerate the move and perhaps make it easier to bring on outside investment they are 100% owned by a husband and wife team as the commerci

she will be succeeded by the stitch fix president elizabeth spalding, not a new face and she will takey on as chairman but stitch fix has had to labor-- lay off about 1600 employees and it's been tough during covid especially when people are working remotely, so they don't need as many close to look good in the office as they used to. stuart: you just need a top, that's all they see of you on zoom. [laughter] that pandemic has huge effects. susan: we don't need to know what you are wearing underneath because it's just the top, suit, tie and a shirt. stuart: that's true of everyone on zoom. down to single me out, please say. dow jones of 52 points with a list of dow jones winners 257 ongoing. goldman, disney, chevron, caterpillar are the other dow jones winners with us of the, harley, i see a lot of energy companies right there. the price of oil is up. nasdaq winners, united airlines back on track, $58 a share on united. susan, what else is moving? susan: talking about airlines, snap, look at the stock up 5% rated outperform by web bush where $75 in their view, $10 more upside peer web

at the age of 34, the company naming president elizabeth spald ing as their next ceo and the transitionn almost 3.5%. a las vegas namesake has the new owner bally's a u.s. naval nothing it's going to buy the tropicana for $308 million and it opened back in 1957 has nearly 1,500 rooms, and bally's owns and manages 12 casinos in eight different states and this deal is expected to close next year and data collected from tesla's electric cars in china is stored in china. that's according to the automakers vice president. this follows reports that the chinese military banned tesla from entering its facilit ies citing security concerns over cameras that are installed on these vehicles. well, ceo elon musk said his company be shutdown if their car was used to spy and stock is up 2.25% maria. those are some of your headlines waiting on wells fargo we'll bring it to you when we get it back to you. maria: cheryl thank you so much we'll come back when that number crosses thank you. meanwhile we zero in at the crisis at the border. fox news exclusively obtaining a letter from arizona attorney gener

spalding: there's a lot of demand for this wood, and unless it's sourced in a way that's renewable and consciously managed, you know, eventually the risk is, of course, an imminent loss of that resource and dwindling of supply. otherwise, it's going to disappear, and that would really be a true crime. woman: scientists at the u.s. fish and wildlife laboratory in orgon hope forensics will one day help stop the importing of illegal lumber. meanwhile, in brazil's maranhao state, indigenous communities have formed citizen patrolso protect the forest from tree poachers. [indistinct chatter] announcer: "earth focus" is made possible in part by a grant from anne ray foundation, a margaret a. cargill philanthropy; the orange county community foundation; and the farvue foundation. oóoóo■ cordero-lamb: i think there really is something to using the medicines that your ancestors have been using for a really long time. i think our bodies remember a lot, not just trauma. i think our bodies remember medicine. i think our bodies remember knowledge. i think they remember places. >> one of the most dan