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NEW YORK -- Mets third baseman David Wright expects to resume baseball activities next month following back surgery last spring.General manager Sandy Alderson said Tuesday the Mets captain will report to the teams Florida complex in January, a month or more ahead of spring training. Wright, who turns 34 on Dec. 20, had surgery June 16 to repair a herniated disk in his neck and is in California.Hes simulating baseball activities at this point. Hes still under the thumb of his back doctor, Alderson said at the teams holiday party. So once he gets back to the East Coast and we have better access to him, well ramp him up. I dont think its because he cant. Its just part of the routine. Its not like hes had a setback.Alderson said Wrights activities included running, getting in crouches and moving laterally, but not swinging a bat or even emulating a swing. Wright plans to report to Port St. Lucie, Florida, in early to mid-January.After missing much of 2015 with a strained right hamstring and spinal stenosis, Wright hit .226 this year with seven homers, 14 RBI and 55 strikeouts in 137 at-bats.Noah Syndergaard played Santa -- wearing a blue suit for Mets colors -- at the party for children and was assisted by a pair of teammates as elves, Jose Reyes and Brandon Nimmo.Reyes, who returned to the Mets last summer and played third base in Wrights absence, will get time in the outfield during spring training. He has played one game in the outfield as a professional, at rookie-level Kingsport in 2000.Im ready to do whatever they ask me to do, said Reyes, a four-time All-Star at shortstop. Im looking forward to the experience.New York has not decided whether to give closer Jeurys Familia (Dominican Republic) and infielder Asdrubal Cabrera (Venezuela) permission to play winter ball to prepare for the World Baseball Classic in March. Familia faces a possible domestic violence suspension, and Cabrera is coming off a knee injury.Its something we want to be very careful with, Alderson said.Alderson noted young outfielders Michael Conforto and Brandon Nimmo were on Italys preliminary roster. Conforto was born in Seattle and Nimmo in Cheyenne, Wyoming.All the players whose names end in `O will be playing for Italy, Alderson quipped. Thats the key to a passport, as I understand it.Tony Conigliaro Red Sox Jersey . With the short-handed Warriors needing help from someone -- anyone -- to stop a three-game skid, ONeal returned from right knee and groin injuries that had sidelined him for four games and put up season highs with 18 points and eight rebounds. It was just enough to help lift Golden State to a 102-101 victory over the New Orleans Pelicans on Tuesday night. Red Sox Jerseys 2019 . LOUIS -- Heading into the final stretch of the season, the issues for the Chicago Bears banged-up defence only seem to be getting worse. https://www.cheapredsox.com/1481z-dwight-evans-jersey-red-sox.html .com) - The game was all punts and field goals before Kodi Whitfields catch. Steven Wright Jersey . Pettersen, winner of last years Evian Championships, had nine birdies and three bogeys, holding off a series of challengers led by Marion Ricordeau of France. The second-ranked Norwegian made her season debut after missing the LPGA Tours opening event last month in the Bahamas because of a shoulder injury. Sam Travis Jersey . James, who turned 29 on Monday, injured his groin Friday during the Heats overtime loss at Sacramento. He sat out the following game, a 108-107 win Saturday in Portland, before coming back to help send the Nuggets to their seventh consecutive loss.Former Sri Lanka batsman Thilan Samaraweera has been appointed as Bangladesh batting consultant for the upcoming home series against England. This will be his second stint in this role with an international team, having already worked as batting consultant to Australia earlier this year.BCB president Nazmul Hassan said on Friday that Samaraweera would be available only for one series, but added that the contract could be extended. He also said that the BCB was looking for a spin bowling coach, who could be appointed before Bangladeshs tour to New Zealand later this year.Thilan Samaraweera, the batting specialist, has been hired for the England series as a consulttant, Hassan said.dddddddddddd We will see if we want to extend him. We are still looking for a spin bowling coach. [We will] get the best among those available. We hope to appoint one before the New Zealand series.Meanwhile, fielding coach Richard Halsall has been promoted to the position of assistant coach after Ruwan Kalpage was sacked last month for ignoring instructions to report to duty. Halsall was part of the major shake-up in the coaching staff that came about in mid-2014, when head coach Chandika Hathurusingha was appointed. ' ' '