Extraordinary defeats

An e-mail over the weekend from Glenn in Phoenix, a Leafs fan who watched Saturday's 8-0 debacle via satellite:

I agree with Ken (Campbell's) article, but I think the worst Leafs loss was the 14-4 drubbing they got when they played the Buffalo Sabres in '80 or '81.

That would've been on March 19, 1981, Glenn -- the most goals the Leafs have ever given up in a game, that one, matching a 14-7 loss to Montreal in 1920.

It got me thinking: What are the worst losses in Toronto pro sports history? That one against the Sabres wasn't it, at least from the standpoint of margin of defeat:

Leafs: Toronto 1 at Pittsburgh 12 (Boxing Day, 1991); Boston 11 at Toronto 0 (Jan. 18, 1964).

Argos: Toronto 7 at Edmonton 61 (Oct 24, 1981).

Jays: California 24 at Toronto 2 (Aug 25, 1979); Toronto 1 at Baltimore 23 (Sept. 28, 2000).

Raptors: Toronto 79 at New York 125 (April 15, 1996).

8-0? Chicken feed.

Comments

[Jim Blackwell]

With all the money MSE has, they have not produced a winner in this town for 5 decades.That's disgraceful.
In any business,when things go south you don't look at the soldiers,you look at the Generals.
Fire Tannenbaum. He is the reason the sports in this town stink, he hires the incompetent people who run this mess. Fire Tanenbaum.