Sporting history will be made within the next hour or so.<br />LA Dodgers pitcher Ryu Hyun-jin is set to take to the mound at the 2019 MLB All-Star Game in Cleveland, Ohio,... as the starting pitcher for the National League team.<br />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.<br />Ryu will take on Justin Verlander of the Houston Astros,... and will most likely pitch an inning before enjoying the rest of the game in the dugout.<br />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.<br />
