CNN/SI brings you a month-by-month look at the season. Scroll through the calendar to check out the highlights and click on the microphones to hear the players come to life. Philadelphia Phillies pitcher Calvin Maduro becomes the first player from Aruba to get a hit in the major leagues. "I called my mom in the morning," Maduro says. "She said 'You got a hit?' I didn't tell her it was a 26-hopper. I told her it was a line shot to left." Tino Martinez of the New York Yankees sets a major league record by driving in 34 runs in April. Tino Martinez on his great April (159K WAV)		Outfielder Brett Butler starts for the Los Angeles Dodgers on Opening Day, capping his recovery from tonsil cancer. Butler goes 1-for-4 with two strikeouts. Todd Hollandsworth on teammate Brett Butler's recovery (227K WAV)   In a ceremony at New York's Shea Stadium, acting commissioner Bud Selig retires Jackie Robinson's No. 42 in perpetuity.   The Chicago Cubs win the second game of a doubleheader against the New York Mets to end a 14-game losing streak. The Cubs' 0-14 start is the worst in National League history. During the streak, they are outscored 78-36.         Baltimore Orioles second baseman Roberto Alomar and umpire John Hirschbeck step onto the same field for the first time since Alomar spit in Hirschbeck's face in September 1996. Hirschbeck resists the urge to kick Alomar in the shins.   Rick Reed of the New York Mets pitches a seven-hitter to beat the Cincinnati Reds, 7-2. Reed, a former replacement player for the Reds, was treated with icy disdain by his then-teammates after the 1994-95 strike ended. Who says revenge isn't sweet?       Rick Reed on his time as a replacement player (253K WAV)   photographs by John Iacono (left), Ted Mathias/AFP Photo

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