Times Herald-Record Varsity Baseball Player of the Week: How Voting Works & How to Win

What is the Times Herald-Record varsity baseball poll?

Readers of the Times Herald-Record in New York pick the varsity baseball player of the week through a Crowdsignal ballot at poll.fm/17132645. The newspaper is the named organizer, and the ballot falls in the sport vertical because it covers varsity baseball.

The poll is a public vote. Its title reads as a player of the week award, and the Poll Answers list the nominees for the ballot. The page names no sponsor, judging panel or prize body, so the newspaper and the Crowdsignal host are the only parties visible on the ballot.

The state hub at the New York hub lists the other athlete ballots in the state. A newspaper poll like this one is easier to read once you know which publication runs it and which host carries the votes.

Which editions of the New York baseball poll are confirmed?

One edition is confirmed for this poll, in 2026. The ballot's notice gives the voting deadline as Sunday, Oct. 4, at 11 p.m., which places the window in the fall of that year. One poll on the page is titled for the June 8-14 week, and the poll does not reconcile that title with the October deadline.

This is the first confirmed edition; whether it returns next year is not yet published; confirm on the live ballot each cycle.

Dated stages on the poll

The table separates the printed dates from the blanks, so a reader can see which stages the poll states and which it leaves unprinted.

How does a supporter vote on the Crowdsignal poll?

A supporter votes by opening the poll at poll.fm/17132645, reading the Poll Answers and submitting one choice. The organizer's notice says readers may vote as often as they like until the deadline, so repeat voting is the stated rule on this ballot. The result appears as percentages once the poll closes.

The poll page prints no per-voter cap, no daily allowance and no rule about devices. The organizer's own notice is therefore the only statement of the repeat-vote rule, and the reader should follow it as written while the poll is open.

What the poll leaves unexplained

The page does not say how the nominee list is built, how ties are resolved, or whether the newspaper reviews totals before posting them. A reader who needs those answers will have to ask the organizer, because the poll text does not settle them.

Because the ballot is a plain web address, the same steps apply on a desktop or a phone browser, and the page names no separate app for the New York ballot.

How does this poll sit beside other New York sports ballots?

This poll is one of several New York sports ballots on the platform. Its closest neighbor in format is the Hudson Valley football player of the week ballot, while the lohud basketball polls cover a different sport and the New York Section 1 football ballot is titled for a wider section.

What sets the baseball ballot apart is its single season and its single sport. The football and basketball neighbors run on their own calendars, so readers comparing them should use each page's own dates. The how-to guides cover general voting background for any of these ballots.

How can a supporter help a nominee on the baseball poll?

The most useful step a supporter can take is to vote before the October deadline, since the poll closes once that window ends. Sharing the poll address with family and local fans is the other lever the page supports, because the newspaper frames the ballot as a fan vote for its readers.

The page says nothing about outside promotion, paid support or social campaigns, so none is endorsed here. A reader who wants broader ideas can read the guide to getting more votes online, which is general and does not describe this particular baseball poll. Readers who follow the newspaper's sports page will find the notice that sends them to the poll, which is the most direct route to the live ballot.