(More) AP Wire Photos

 July 17, 1989: Expos beat the Braves 5-2.  Wallach went 1/4 with a double.

 July 26, 1989:  Phillies beat the Expos 4-3.  Wallach did his part going 3 for 4 with a home run, double, and 2 RBI's.  This was the high point in the season for the Expos.  The win stretched their lead in the NL East to 3.5 games.

 August 2, 1989: This photo is not from the date it was "wired."  The Expos played a road game on August 2, 1989 and this shows Wallach in home whites.  It seems to be for some generic article about how athletes handle stress.

 August 16, 1989:  Expos beat the Giants 4-2, Wallach scored a run.  Mark Langston threw 7 strong innings for the Expos but didn't earn a win.  The win stopped the bleeding of a dreadful 2-10 stretch that saw the Expos go from 2 games up in the NL East to 4 games behind.

 August 25, 1989:  The Expos hammered the Giants in San Francisco 12-2.  Wallach went 2 for 3 and also walked twice.  The win improved the great Dennis Martinez to 14-4 on the season.  The win followed a tough 22 inning 1-0 loss the night before, where a win would have brought them within one game in the NL East.

 September 5, 1989:  This is my favorite photo in the lot by a wide margin.  I've already had it blown up and printed (both as is and cropped).  It shows Wallach being greeted at home plate in St. Louis after hitting a grand slam by Tim Raines, Hubie Brooks, and Marquis Grissom.  Raines and Brooks are two of my all-time favorite Expos, and I always like Grissom.  It may never happen, but I'd love to get all four guys to sign this.  Montreal won the game 6-2.  Wallach also had a double while going 3 for 5 with 5 RBI's.

 September 5, 1989:  This photo was taken just moments earlier than the photo above.  All-Star Ken Hill can't be too happy giving up a 7th inning grand slam in what had been a 2-1 game.  Hill would go on to play for the Expos himself, actually leading the NL in wins with 16 as an Expo in the Bud Selig shortened 1994 season.

 September 20, 1989: Barry Bonds stealing 3rd base, not an easy task.  But that was just one of the many parts of Bonds game that made him the greatest player of all-time.  The Pirates won 9-1, their 5th straight, and 3rd straight loss for the Expos.  The wheels completely fell of the Expos bus in September, as they went 6-17 down the stretch and finished a disappointing 81-81 after leading or being in contention for the NL East most of the season.  The Pirates would win the NL East before being upset by the Braves in 7 games in the NLCS.

September 25, 1989: The date on this photo doesn't match the game.  The Expos beat the Cubs 4-3 in 10 innings on September 25 on a Jim Dwyer single, not the 26th.  Wallach went 1 for 3 and walked twice.  Jim Dwyer was playing in his 17th of eventual 18 big league seasons.  Really an incredible feat for a guy who was never an everyday starter, and never reached 300 plate appearances in a single season.

AP Laser Wire Photos

Here are more of the photos sent from Al in Ontario

 June 27, 1989: Tim Wallach drove in the winning run with a single in the bottom of the 14th inning in this game to lead the Expos to a 3-2 win over the Mets.  Wallach went 2 for 3 and also had 4 walks in the game.

June 27, 1989: The Expos beat the Mets 4-3, with Wallach going 2 for 3 with 2 RBI's a double and a walk.  The picture shows a blown call by the umpire.

June 28, 1989: From the same game as above

July 13, 1989: Wallach went 2 for 4 with a home run to lead the Expos to a 6-3 win over the Reds.

July 14, 1989: The Expos beat the Reds 1-0 in this game.  Wallach scored the games only run in the top of the 2nd inning.  He led off the inning with a walk, advanced to 2nd on a Damasio Garcia single, then took 3rd on a Mike Fitzgerald line out (pictured above).  Wallach then scored on a Spike Owen infield ground out.  Bryn Smith threw 8 1/3 scoreless for the Expos.

This is one of my favorite pictures included in the lot.  Wallach was never known for his base running, so it's sort of cool to see an action shot on the base paths like this.  Even cooler when the context of the game is known.  Umpire John McSherry looks like a giant in this picture.

AP Laser Wire Photos

These photos were sent by a reader, who I assume worked at an AP affiliated Newspaper at some point, or knew someone who did.  Forgive me if this explanation is way off base, but to the best of my understanding, these "Laser Wire Photo's" were used by the AP in the late 80's and early 90's before the days of the internet.  An AP photographer would scan (I assume) his original photo, then wire them to all the appropriate outlets.  These outlets had special printers just for the purpose of getting these photos, which then could be published in their respective newspapers.  The stock isn't much thicker than a magazine page, and the photos are glossy, but they're much sturdier than a magazine page.  I'm sure they would rip easily, but would require more force than say turning a page too quickly.  I've read they are considered "original" photos for whatever that's worth, and typically for these sports ones there tended to be around 50 copies, depending on how many papers were on the list for a given topic.  I'd wager Presidential Inauguration photos and things of that nature went out to a lot more papers than Expos spring training game photos.

So here are the first group of photos sent from the reader in Branton, Ontario:

 April 19, 1989: Easily the least Wallach centric photo of the bunch. Tom Foley didn't hit many home runs, and he's definitely one the core Expos from my peak period of following them.  Foley hit .229 with 7 home runs in 1989.  The Expos beat the Cubs 3-2 in this game.

 April 25, 1989: Maybe it's petty to still hold grudges 24 years later against players who were probably ok guys, but I still really don't like Chris Sabo.  I take a lot of satisfaction in seeing this photo of Sabo being tagged out.  The Reds won this game 6-1, but Wallach did his part going 3 for 4 with a home run and a double.

April 29, 1989: I can't find the stat, but I'm pretty sure Tom Glavine gave up more home runs to Tim Wallach than any other player.  Or maybe it was that Wallach hit more home runs off of Glavine than any other pitcher.  In any event, this picture shows Wallach after homering off of Glavine.  The Expos won this game against the Braves 9-7, Wallach went 2 for 4 with the homer.

May 2, 1989:  Another picture of Wallach tagging out Chris Sabo.  I'm going to go ahead and speculate this happened all the time, due in large part to Sabo being intimidated by a third baseman much better than he was.  The Expos won this game 6-4,  rookie pitcher Randy Johnson went 7 strong innings for the Expos, but it was Tim Burke in relief who picked up the win.

May 20, 1989: This is a pretty cool shot of Orel Hershiser running the bases.  I like seeing pitchers acting like real baseball players.  Orel also beat out the Expos Dennis Martinez on the mound winning a pitcher's dual 3-2.

June 19, 1989: This is one of the better action shots in the group.  There are a few of these photos that feature Gregg Jefferies getting tagged out.  I'm not entirely sure what was going on here.  It looks like a rundown situation, but I can't tell for sure how far from the bag they are, or why Wallach would be coming from that angle.  (I dug deep in the boxscore for an answer, it says  Jefferies out at 3B/C-P-SS-3B-2B-SS-3B)