Jason Aldean plays ball with the Atlanta Braves

(CBS/AP) KISSIMMEE, Fla. - Jason Aldean is ready to play ball. The country music star got a chance to live his other dream Thursday, working out for more than two hours with the Atlanta Braves, his favorite baseball team, while trailed by a TV reality show crew.

The country star didn't make the team - with cameras rolling, Atlanta Braves manager Fredi Gonzalez and general manager Frank Wren told the singer he had been "cut" after the workout - but by all accounts the former high school player held up well alongside such stars as Chipper Jones, Dan Uggla and Brian McCann.

"Not bad," Jones said. "He's a little more athletic than we're used to seeing from our normal celebs."

Wearing uniform No. 9, Aldean started out taking grounders at first base, scooping up a few low throws. Then he got some solid wood on the ball during his turn in the batting cage, his longest drive landing on the warning track and short-hopping off the fence. Finally, he joined the team for baserunning drills, tailing along at the end of the pack.

Aldean was taping a segment for the reality show "Day Jobs," which airs on the country music cable network GAC. Normally, the show follows artists as they return to jobs they held before becoming famous, but Aldean had no desire to go back to his old line of work.

"I was a delivery guy for Pepsi," he said. "That was not cool. I was not going back and doing my old job. I worked too hard to not have to do that anymore. So they said, `What about we do kind of a dream job deal with you, where you get to do something with the Braves?' I was like, `Now, that I would be into."'

The 35-year-old Aldean was born and raised in Macon, Ga., about 75 miles south of Atlanta.

"I've been a fan of this team for a long time," Aldean said. "I grew up watching `em. To get to come out and do this today is a big honor for me."

The episode will debut on April 4.

Aldean's most recent album, "My Kinda Party," received album of the year from the Country Music Association and was nominated for a Grammy. He plans to release a new album in October.

Aldean is on the road this year, next stopping in Houston, Texas, on March 15.