Welcome to The Bakery! For those of you who participated in previous rounds, welcome back! To those of you here for the first time, we are deciding the title of "Greatest Keyboardist Ever - As Chosen By The Members Of The CBS Sportsline Community." A big thank you to everyone who participated in previous rounds! To see the Round 2 blog, click here:
http://www.sportsline.com/mcc/blogs/entry/8737312/9220336
In Round 2, there were two upsets according to the seedings, but there were also several clear victors and even one "shutout." Here are the results. Winners are in bold, seeding is in parenthesis, and votes received are enclosed in brackets:
(1) Rick Wakeman [14] vs. (16) Richard Wright [0]
(8) Al Kooper [2] vs. (9) Jerry Lee Lewis [12]
(5) Elton John [9] vs. (12) Tony Banks [5]
(4) Ray Manzarek [6] vs. (20) Billy Joel [8]
(6) Herbie Hancock [10] vs. (11) Billy Preston [4]
(3) Keith Emerson [11] vs. (14) Chick Corea [3]
(10) Steve Winwood [12] vs. (26) George Gershwin [2]
(2) Stevie Wonder [9] vs. (15) Ray Charles [5]
Here are the Round 3 (Quarterfinal) matchups:
(1) Rick Wakeman vs. (9) Jerry Lee Lewis
(5) Elton John vs. (20) Billy Joel
(6) Herbie Hancock vs. (3) Keith Emerson
(10) Steve Winwood vs. (2) Stevie Wonder
Note: This tournament is set up "March Madness Style" as opposed to, say, "Stanley Cup Playoff Style." This means that the above matchups should be envisioned as if in a bracket and the best seed remaining does not necessarily play the worst seed remaining.
Once again, I will only vote if there is a tie. Voting for the Quarterfinals (Round 3) will close on Monday, July 21, at 11 AM EST.
Happy Posting!
-The Muffin Man
