BASEBALL DAILY REPORT : AROUND THE MAJOR LEAGUES : Bo Jackson Is Pronounced Ready to Go

After giving Bo Jackson his monthly examination, the Chicago White Sox said Monday that they will announce a rehabilitation assignment for the outfielder on Wednesday.

Jackson suffered an injured left hip while playing for the Raiders in an NFL playoff game against the Cincinnati Bengals on Jan. 13. Since then, he has undergone daily treatment and spent several months on crutches.

“Bo’s physical went well, and it has been determined that he is ready to play,” said Ron Schueler, the White Sox’s senior vice president of major league operations. “We will announce on Wednesday when and where Bo will be sent for his rehabilitation assignment.”

Jackson is expected to join the White Sox’s double-A team in Birmingham, Ala. Jackson grew up in McCalla, Ala., and has a home in Birmingham. Jackson’s physician, James Andrews, is based at the Alabama Sports Medicine Institute there.

Jackson has been participating in normal pregame drills and batting practice with the White Sox since mid-July.

“I’m looking forward to being back on the playing field,” said Jackson, a career .250 hitter with 109 home runs in a little more than four seasons for the Kansas City Royals, who released him last spring because of the hip injury.

Dennis Martinez of the Montreal Expos returned home to a hero’s welcome in Managua, Nicaragua, after becoming the first Latino player to throw a perfect game.

“I expected a welcome, but not as big as this,” Martinez told reporters at the Managua airport, where fans crowded the second-floor viewing balcony. Martinez raised a fist in a salute to fans, provoking what a radio newscaster called “a national euphoria.”

Martinez retired 27 consecutive Dodgers on July 28 in a 2-0 victory at Dodger Stadium.

“Welcome Home Dennis,” was the headline over a half-page color picture of Martinez in Monday editions of Barricada, the Sandinista Front-owned newspaper. The picture took up more space than a front-page story on the overthrow of Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev.

The three-game suspension of White Sox pitcher Jack McDowell was upheld by Bobby Brown, American League president. McDowell was suspended for fighting with Mark Whiten, then of the Toronto Blue Jays, on May 19. Whiten has already served a suspension for his involvement in the fight.