MONTREAL - The photojournalist who snapped an iconic shot of three-year-old Vladimir Guerrero Jr. next to his father at a September 2002 Montreal Expos game says he captured the image moments after the latter failed to hit his 40th home run of the season.

Retired Canadian Press photographer Paul Chiasson said he took the photo after Vladimir Guerrero had struck out in the eighth inning against the Cincinnati Reds.

Had he not struck out, Guerrero could have become the fourth player in Major League Baseball’s “40-40 club,” reserved for those who hit 40 home runs and steal 40 bases in a season. The group has since grown to six members.

“I suspect that’s why his son was there, just to celebrate with him,” Chiasson said of the photograph.

“But he struck out in the eighth inning, and then hi

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