Oregon Macaroni

If you were going to advertise Italian pasta in an all-American way, why not use baseball as the way to do it? That’s exactly what Oregon Macaroni Manufacturing Company did in 1941 when they sponsored a baseball team in the American Legion junior baseball league. Indeed, it was a well-coached team with a winning record. Since baseball was widely popular at the time, this “step up to the plate” in the marketing arena landed a home run, resulting in a winning play for Oregon Macaroni.

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