Sporting history is being made as we speak.
LA Dodgers pitcher Ryu Hyun-jin has taken to the mound at the 2019 MLB All-Star Game in Cleveland, Ohio,... as the starting pitcher for the National League team.
The South Korean,... who finished the first half of the season with a record of ten-and-two,... and a league leading ERA of 1-point-7-3,... becomes the first South Korean in Major League history to start the summer classic.
Ryu is just the third South Korean pitcher to be selected for the All-Star Game,... following Park Chan-ho in 2001 and Kim Byung-hyun,... in 2002.