Jason Aldean, Conway Twitter and More Musicians Who Could Have Played Major League Baseball [LIST]

It must be so hard to choose between being a professional athlete or a country superstar.

With Major League Baseball getting underway, the air is filled with the smell of fresh-cut grass, Big League Chew and what-ifs. What if your favorite musician chose a different career? What if they chose to play professional baseball instead.

Rolling Stone recently published a list of musicians who could have played in the MLB. It must be so tough being wanted by everyone... *sigh*

I knew about some of these artists, but others surprised me. I think most of them chose the correct career path however, it doesn't seem like one of them in particular had a choice.

Here's who they put on the list:

1. Conway Twitty - Harold Lloyd Jenkins (Conway Twitty) was a standout in high school and even played some semi-pro ball. He was offered a chance to play for the Philadelphia Phillies but was drafted into the army for the Korean War.

2. MC Hammer - How do you think he got his nickname? As a kid in the Bay Area he was the batboy and clubhouse assistant for the Oakland Athletics. He looked a lot like Hammerin' Hank Aaron, so they called him Hammer. He played ball his whole life and even earned a tryout with the San Francisco Giants. When he didn't make the team he went into the Navy before becoming MC.

3. Billy Ray Cyrus - Billy received a baseball scholarship to play at Georgetown College. While in school he attended a Neil Diamond concert that inspired him to make music. He then dropped out of school to pursue that career.

4. Nelly - He was scouted in high school by the St. Louis Cardinals and Pittsburgh Pirates, but was also beginning his first rap group at the same time. After making a hit, he kept with the music game.

5. Jason Aldean - A standout at a prestigious private school in Georgia, Jason racked up quite a few scholarship offers to play ball in college. However, his struggle in high school to make the grades made him turn down the offers in order to forego four more years of classes. With that, his baseball dreams went away too.

6. Kenny Chesney - Mr. Baseball Cap himself played ball in high school and was a huge Boston Red Sox fan. He was quite the baseball and football star in school but hung up his cleats to pursue music instead.

7. Eric Church - Eric played just about every sport he could; baseball, basketball, football, and golf. A knee injury in his sophomore year however, shattered his dreams of continuing on.

8. Robert Pollard - Between the ages of 10 and 20, Robert was a stellar pitcher and even threw Wright State University's first no-hitter in school history. He never pursued the sport post-college.

9. Ronnie Van Zant - Ronnie was good at both baseball and boxing. With baseball he even played for a team in the American Legion league. This would have put him on the path toward Double-A league.

Honorable Mention: John Fogerty - Solely for hit 1985 hit "Centerfield."