Tuesday Newsday

News From Around The Country
David Nail made his national baseball debut in the Major League Baseball All-Star Legends & Celebrity game last night. The game, which was a five-inning softball event, featured various major league and baseball celebrities including, Jon Hamm, James Denton, and Mario Lopez. ……. Set your DVRs, Merle Haggard: Learning to Live with Myself, American Masters, a documentary that outlines Merle’s teenage years in prison and his path to success will premiere on PBS on July 21st. ….. Craig Morgan will be holding his Annual Charity Ride on August 7th and 8th in his hometown Dickson, Tennessee. The proceeds from the event, which includes a dirt bike ride and concert, will benefit his Craig Morgan Charity Fund. The mission of Craig’s charity is to build and maintain a home called Billy’s Place, for temporarily displaced children in Dickson County, Tennessee. ….. Jaron And The Long Road To Love’s debut album Getting Dressed In The Dark became the highest-charting debut album from a new act this year on Billboard’s Top Country Albums. Now Jaron has something else to celebrate as he has been asked to join Trace Adkins and Toby Keith on the American Ride tour. ….. Jerrod Niemann’s debut album Judge Jerrod and the Hung Jury hits stores today. Like any new artist, Jerrod planned to get the CD at midnight when it went on sale, but he had some alternative plans to buying it. Jerrod jokes (we hope), “I’m gonna do something that’s never been done before…I’m gonna purposely get caught stealing my own album from Wal-Mart. Can you get in trouble for that? I want to know. It’s my album! I will not go to jail! I’ve never stolen anything, but I feel like if I want to steal my own album…I should be able to.”