Swing And A Miss: The link to episode five of David Nail's CMT.com Making The Team was incorrect in Friday's (6/11) Country Aircheck Today. Watch it here.

A Man In Uniform: Episode five of CMT.com's Making The Team features David Nail in the dugout of a St. Louis Cardinals game. Although he only watched, Nail did sign autographs for unsuspecting fans. When asked if they knew who Nail was, one female baseball fan replied, "No, but he's cute!" Watch here.

Chin Music: In this week's CMT.com series Making The Team, David Nail gets some one-on-one time in the batting cages with Mark McGwire. Nail is complimented on his work by McGwire (and even gets a peck on the cheek) despite the words of one heckler, "There's a reason some people sing and some people are athletes." Watch here.

Here's The Pitch: Teams from the Grand Ole Opry and After Midnite With Blair Garner will face off during the 20th Annual City Of Hope Celebrity Softball Challenge next Monday (6/7) at 7pm at Nashville's Greer Stadium. Playing for the Opry are Jason Aldean, the Band Perry, Felix Cavaliere, Colt Ford, Gloriana's Tom Gossin and Cheyenne Kimball, Mallary Hope, Julianne Hough, Jaron & the Long Road To Love, Justin Moore, Craig Morgan, Trailer Choir, Two Foot Fred, Carrie Underwood, Nashville Predator Wade Belakand and Titans Courtland Finnegan and Justin Gage. The Garner team includes Keith Anderson, Luke Bryan, Whitney Duncan, Vince Gill, Gloriana's Mike Gossin and Rachel Reinart, Randy Montana, David Nail, Joe Nichols, the Oak Ridge Boys, Savannah Jack, Josh Thompson, Chuck Wicks, comedienne Melissa Peterman, Predator JP Dumont and Titans Ken Amato and Donnie Nickey. Details here.

Marching In: CMA Music Fest opens next Wednesday (6/9) at 11:30am with the Chevy-sponsored Sixth Annual CMA Music Festival Kick-Off Parade in downtown Nashville featuring Grand Marshal Brenda Lee, Lynn Anderson, Katie Armiger, Rodney Atkins, the Band Perry, Bo Bice, Ash Bowers, Carter Twins, Jeff Cook, Diana DeGarmo, Fast Ryde, Colt Ford, Brantley Gilbert, Gloriana, Josh Gracin, the Grascals, the Harters, Buddy Jewell, KingBilly, Jesse Lee, LoCash Cowboys, Lonestar, Jerrod Neimann, James Otto, Danielle Peck, Point of Grace, Marty Raybon, Pam Tillis, Trent Tomlinson, and Chuck Wicks. The free Fifth Annual CMA Music Festival Block Party featuring Bria Kelly, David Nail, Wicks, Niemann, Joe Nichols and Randy Houser will follow at the Bridgestone Arena Plaza. Complete schedule here.

Dodging Bullets: On this week's CMT.com series Making The Team, David Nail gets pulled from the outfield to stand in as a batter for fastball pitching. "I don't want that job," says Nail. "They told me not to swing, I didn't want to." Watch here.

Lookin' For A Good Time: Capitol's Lady Antebellum will embark on their first headlining tour in the fall. The 35-city Need You Now 2010 tour runs Sept. 20 through Nov. with opener David Nail. Markets and dates will be announced beginning Monday (5/24).

Lookin' For A Good Time: Lady Antebellum will embark on their first headlining tour in the fall. The 35-city Need You Now 2010 tour runs Sept. 20 through Nov. with opener David Nail. "I feel like we were just writing songs for our very first show at this small club in Nashville," Lady A's Hillary Scott says. "I can remember being so nervous to perform in front of just a handful of people that night and to think now we're beginning to headline our very own tour is unbelievable. We have our fans to thank for following us every step of the way!" Dates will be announced soon.

Smell The Glove: In the second installment of the Making The Team CMT.com series, David Nail forgets an important piece of his uniform: a glove. St. Louis Cardinals '09 first-round draft pick Shelby Miller comes to rescue when he offers Nail his. Watch it here.

Bat Country: MCA's David Nail is the subject of a six-part Making The Team CMT.com series about his spring training tryout with the St. Louis Cardinals. "It's been awhile since I've caught an 88-mile-per-hour fastball, but never have I caught a 95-mile-per-hour fastball," Nail says as the series begins. Embed this week's episode on your website from here, or watch it here.

Nevada Data: Elsewhere over the weekend, Jewel previewed her new album for radio and media during a Sunday morning brunch. Trace Adkins hosted radio peeps at a lunch that introduced his first album on new label Show Dog-Universal. Hotel suite-hoppers got to mingle with and listen to music from Jaron of Jaron & The Long Road To Love ("Pray For You"). David Nail and Gary Allan rocked the beach at Mandalay Bay. Randy Houser, backed on guitar by former Halfway To Hazard member Chad Warrix, rocked a live-streamed performance from Toby Keith's I Love This Bar And Grill. And, of course, Kenny Chesney premiered his new film Kenny Chesney: Summer In 3-D (see below).

Raised On The Street: The ACM will host its free Fremont Street Experience Las Vegas concert series April 16-17 leading up to the April 18 ACM Awards. Emily West, The Band Perry, Danny Gokey, David Nail, Lady Antebellum, Joey+Rory, Gloriana, Randy Rogers Band, Luke Bryan and Miranda Lambert will perform. Complete schedule and details here.

Let's Hear It For The Boys: Columbia's Miranda Lambert has locked in openers James Otto, David Nail, Randy Houser, Cross Canadian Ragweed, Eric Church, Jake Owen, Wade Bowen, Luke Bryan and Chris Young for various Roadside Bars & Pink Guitars tour dates beginning March 18. Complete schedule here.

Bar Sweep: Columbia's Miranda Lambert will kick off her 22-city Roadside Bars And Pink Guitars tour in Beckley, WV March 18. Joining Lambert on her first headlining tour will be David Nail, James Otto, Randy Houser and Wade Bowen. Full list of tour dates here.

Black Christmas WKSJ/Mobile PD Bill Black enjoys some holiday cheer with Listener Christmas Party performers Lee Brice (l) and David Nail (r).

Listener Christmas Party

Black Christmas: WKSJ/Mobile PD Bill Black enjoys some holiday cheer with Listener Christmas Party performers Lee Brice (l) and David Nail (r).        

Share Crow WPOC/Baltimore raised $5,180 for the Maryland Food Bank with the help of Matt Kennon, The Band Perryand David Nail at its Feed The Hungry Concert. Pictured (l-r) are TBP's Reid, Neil and Kimberly Perry, APD/MD Justin Cole, traffic reporter Mark Williams, AM driver Laurie DeYoung, Maryland Food Bank's Rebecca Pon, middayer Bob Delmont, weekender Carol Mason, Nail, PD Meg Stevens, Kennon and news/producer St. Pierre.

Feed The Hungry Concert

Share Crow: WPOC/Baltimore raised $5,180 for the Maryland Food Bank with the help of Matt Kennon, The Band Perry and David Nail at its Feed The Hungry Concert. Pictured (l-r) are TBP's Reid, Neil and Kimberly Perry, APD/MD Justin Cole, traffic reporter Mark Williams, AM driver Laurie DeYoung, Maryland Food Bank's Rebecca Pon, middayer Bob Delmont, weekender Carol Mason, Nail, PD Meg Stevens, Kennon and news/producer St. Pierre.         

Roster Moves UMG/Nashville will have Gary Allan, Easton Corbin, Billy Currington, Vince Gill, Mallary Hope, Julianne Hough, Jamey Johnson, David Nail, Randy Rogers Band, Sugarland, Josh Turner and Lee Ann Womack perform at its CRS 2010 luncheon Wednesday, Feb. 24. The event will be held at Nashville's Ryman Auditorium, a first for a CRS-sanctioned event, with lunch served outside on the plaza. The deadline to register for CRS 2010's Advance Rate of $549 is Dec. 18. More info here.

David Nail at ESPN

Sports Guys: MCA's David Nail performed at the taping of ESPN2 and ESPN Radio Network's Mike & Mike's holiday broadcast. Pictured (l-r) Dale Morris & Associates' Brian Wolf, M&M's Mike Greenberg, Nail, M&M's Mike Golic and UMG/Nashville's Tom Lord.   

Sports Guys MCA's David Nail performed at the taping of ESPN2 and ESPN Radio Network's Mike & Mike's holiday broadcast. Pictured (l-r) Dale Morris & Associates' Brian Wolf,M&M's Mike Greenberg, Nail, M&M's Mike Golic and UMG/Nashville's Tom Lord.

David Nail and Billy Ray Cyrus Performing At Holiday Tree Lighting » Closing Bell: MCA's David Nail and Walt Disney/Lyric Street's Billy Ray Cyrus are among those performing at the New York Stock Exchange holiday tree lighting next Thursday (12/10) from 3-6pm ET. Joining Cyrus and Nail will be Manhattan Transfer, Twisted Sister with cast members of the musical Rock Of Ages, Collective Soul and others. The tree lighting will be available beginning at 4:50pm ET here.

Closing Bell  MCA's David Nail and Walt Disney/Lyric Street's Billy Ray Cyrus are among those performing at the New York Stock Exchange holiday tree lighting next Thursday (12/10) from 3-6pm ET. Joining Cyrus and Nail will be Manhattan Transfer, Twisted Sister with cast members of the musical Rock Of Ages, Collective Soul and others. The tree lighting will be available beginning at 4:50pm ET here.