Plausibility Check: Federal League merger with Major League Baseball

Annotated the above list with my own highly idiosyncratic comments about the plausibility of major league baseball in the cities in question.
While I broadly agree with them, let me offer two caveats for smaller market non-viability: Green Bay Packers & Saskatchewan Roughriders. It isn't inconceivable a small market (on its face) earns somewhat fanatical loyalty. Maybe they only get to a Pennant race once every 25yr, a World Series once in 50--but that's not unheard of, either, is it? And it's not like the Cubs, White Sox, Indians, or Mets folded...
 
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