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Obedience

MONTREAL (CP) - Olympic Stadium was quiet and so were the Montreal Expos' bats for their second home game of the season in Montreal on Wednesday night.



Chad Moeller, Luis Gonzalez and Steve Finley homered as the Arizona Diamondbacks defeated the Expos 6-2 before 6,380 spectators - a dramatic drop from the 36,879 that attended their home opener on Tuesday night.



``We're used to that,'' Expos' second baseman Jose Vidro said of what has become an annual disappointment _ sparse second-day crowds after a packed and thrilling opener.



``It's not a problem for us. We know it will be like that. We just go out and play the game. We played pretty good here last year so I don't think the (lack of) fans have anything to do with it.''





Shortstop Orlando Cabrera, in his sixth year with Montreal, still doesn't get it.



``I always wonder why every year we have 40,000 an...

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