Sox Appeal

Sox Appeal was a reality television series that aired on NESN in 2007 and 2008. It was a Boston Red Sox-themed dating game show that followed a fan during three, two-inning long blind dates that took place over the course of a Red Sox game. During the seventh inning stretch, the fan chose the date they wanted to continue dating. The date, however, could choose not to continue the date.[1][2][3]

Sox Appeal
Genre	Reality TV
Created by	Ges Selmont
Directed by	Ryan Crow
Narrated by	Jimmy Dunn
Theme music composer	Chris Trapper Brad Young Dow Brain
Opening theme	"Long, Hot Summer"
Ending theme	"Sox Appeal"
Composers	Dow Brain Brad Young
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	2
No. of episodes	10
Production
Executive producers	Eric Korsh David Collins Michael Williams Joel Feld
Producers	Cassandra Corbett Desiree Gonzalez Kristin McFarland Len Mead (consulting)
Production location	Fenway Park
Editors	Macaela VanderMost Reinita Susman Scott Fisher
Release
Original network	NESN
Original release	August 1, 2007 (2007-08-01) – 2008 (2008)

The series was a collaboration between NESN and Scout Productions, producers of Queer Eye for the Straight Guy.[4] The music was composed by Dow Brain and Brad Young of Underground Productions, Inc.

The series premiere featured Garrett Lucash, a former national champion pairs skater.

The second season premiered on August 3, 2008. For the second season, former New England Patriots player Larry Izzo was added as the host of a post-date interview segment. Also, a "Daters' Dugout" was added in the second season, where the competing daters must stand next to each other during the game in Fenway Park's right field roof deck standing room section to strategize and challenge each other.[5]