Is Baltimore viable without the MASN deal? It's a minuscule market that would have an almost non-excitant media footprint
A smart staff could market harder in central Pennsylvania and east and west from the mountains to the coast. But either way, the current powers that be in MLB could solve the immediate issue and then leave them as a relocation stalking horse going forward.
A big difference in these markets both in keeping the team and getting stadium deals done was the amount of clout to the city has over the state. The main reason for the 60s expansion and the later relocation out of here seemed to relate in large part to not having any powerful congressmen and governors to make MLB think twice as well as come up with enough of a sweetheart deal to make a difference.
The Colts move was kind of the opening salvo for the latest NFL relocation and stadium chasing wave. I think birdland may get a lot of political chances at that to not have the same occur.