The Los Angeles Dodgers second game of the season will be a rematch of yesterday's season opener, but will feature the highly anticipated major league debut of South Korean left-hander Hyun-Jin Ryu against the San Francisco Giants at 10:30 p.m. ET.
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Ryu will become the first player to go directly from the Korean league to the major leagues as he gets the start after 2011 NL Cy Young Award winner Clayton Kershaw's four-hitter paved the way in a 4-0 victory in Monday's season opener.
Not only will Ryu have to pitch after one of the top left-handers in baseball in Kershaw, he's following in the footsteps of the Korean pitcher he idolized back home -- former Dodgers right-hander Chan Ho Park.
"I was only in grade school when Chan Ho was pitching, but I do remember waking up in the early mornings just to catch some of the games," Ryu said through a translator. "He is definitely a role model for me and a lot of my peers in baseball who are a similar age. All of us started playing baseball because we were inspired by Chan Ho Park back in the day."
Ryu agreed to a $36 million, six-year contract with the Dodgers after they bid $25.7 million to win exclusive rights to negotiate with him. The 25-year-old went 2-2 with a 3.29 ERA in six starts and one relief outing in the spring.
