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File under: The Mustard Never Fell off This Hotdog!! Glad to read Chick Hearn is on the mend and enjoying his recovery. Can't remember how many Lakers games he brought into vivid color.

Hearn, the only play-by-play announcer the Lakers had had in 42 years in Los Angeles, had worked 3,338 consecutive games over a 36-year span when he had the surgery. "I really never gave the streak much thought," he said. "What did it last, 36 years? It was a case where I would just automatically go work. "I'll just have to start on a new streak."<-- now that is attitude! Hearn, who turned 85 Nov. 27, said he plans to be back next season as well, announcing every game, home and away. "I want to work every game," he said. "That's just the way I am. The travel doesn't bother me, and before the surgery I felt pretty good."