Would an expansion franchise in Baltimore without the Nat's TV rights be viable? Their territory is constrained by DC to the south, Philadelphia to the north, and Pittsburg to the west.
that gets back to the Baltimore pleading in the NY court of appeals case. IT would not be an expansion team. It would be just a new set of owners. I think it's not a great market, but it has advantages including a pretty good stadium, a built in fan base, traditional rivals, and easy travel distances. I think it'd be easier for Moore to get money to do any necessary upgrades if he were able to more convincingly say, "we need this to keep the team." It would be less than Quebec, Oregon, Nevada, or North Carolina would have to shell out. While the Os are a bit squeezed geographically, they have a lot of appeal in the Hampton Roads area (which is populated enough to be a potential expansion market), and I know they are the team in the York / Lancaster area rather than the Phillies.
